Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 05

Just so, I see better than any other, that all I write here are but the idle reveries of a man that has only nibbled upon the outward crust of sciences in his nonage.

就像这样，我比任何人都更清楚地看到，我在这里写的一切不过是我在年少时浅尝辄止的科学外皮上的空想。

By how much the soul is more empty and without counterpoise, with so much greater facility it yields under the weight of the first persuasion.

灵魂越空虚，越没有抵抗力，就越容易被第一次说服所压倒。