Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

真理和黄金一样，不是从它的生长中获得的，而是从它身上洗去所有不是黄金的东西。

-- Leo Tolstoy 利奥·托尔斯泰