"That is all very well," said the Lion, "but proves nothing, for it was a man who made the statue."
“那太好了，”狮子说，“但什么也不能证明，因为这是人做雕像。
We can easily represent things as we wish them to be.
我们可以很容易地代表我们希望他们做的事情。
A Man and a Lion were discussing the relative strength of men and lions in general. The Man contended that he and his fellows were stronger than lions by reason of their greater intelligence. "Come now with me," he cried, "and I will soon prove that I am right." So he took him into the public gardens and showed him a statue of Hercules overcoming the Lion and tearing his mouth in two.
一个人和一只狮子正在讨论一般人和狮子的相对力量。那人争辩说，人类因为智慧更强大。“跟我来吧，”他喊道，“我很快就会证明我是对的。”于是他带他到公共花园里，给他看了一座大力士征服狮子并把狮子嘴巴撕成两半的雕像。