Not because he would suddenly have ceased to believe in his mission-he was too enlightened to be a skeptic-but because death for others is harder to bear than one's own death.

这并不是因为他突然不再相信自己的使命——他太明智了，所以不会成为一个怀疑论者，而是因为比起自己的死亡，更难以承受的是他人的死亡。

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Probably my skeptic would question it long before my believer would but either could still be taken it.

可能我那天性多疑的孩子早在相信所见的孩子发现问题之前很久就怀疑了，但是，孩子们仍然受到了欺骗。

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He is a perspicacious skeptic who makes no claim to be able to explain the world.

他是一个怀疑者和洞察者，而并不声称他的解释世界。

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So in these multitasking times that require reporters and editors to blog, tweet, write and rush to break stories on-air, it's also necessary to be a skeptic and remember the basics.

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Scalia, Alito and Roberts seemed either hostile to the mandate or at least concerned about its breadth, and Justice Clarence Thomas, who asked no questions, is assumed to be a skeptic as well.

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If you seek financial success and good mental health, be a short-term skeptic and a long-term optimist.

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