Who is apt, on occasion, to assign a multitude of reasons when one will do? This is a sure sign of weakness in argument.

Who is apt, on occasion, to assign a multitude of reasons when one will do? This is a sure sign of weakness in argument.

有时候，谁会在一个人愿意给出许多理由的时候，还能给出这么多理由呢?这无疑是辩论中软弱的表现。

-- Harriet Martineau 马蒂诺