behind an argument 在争论的背后
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. (L.D.Brandeis)
He is clever at covering up ignorance.
相当于殷纣的“智足以距谏，言足以饰非”，可见这一类人，也非我中华特产。 (查看原文)
a Bachelor of Arts 文学士
A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet he has the art to remain a bachelor. (Helen Rowland)
bachelor本有“单身汉”之义，而art则还有“技术、技巧”之意。这Bachelor of Arts常略作B.A.或A.B.，也常被用作笑话的材料：
A.B. — The degree a college graduate gets before he goes out in the world to learn the rest of the alphabet. (查看原文)
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? Is it because we are not the person concerned? (Mark Twain)
When the people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. (Halifax) (查看原文)
devoid of 缺乏~
The three most important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage, and death. (O'Malley)
It is but a few short years from diapers to dignity and from dignity to decomposition. (Don Herold) (查看原文)
To err is human 人孰无过
To eat is human; to digest, divine. (Mark Twain)
求食在人，消化在天。——马克·吐温
Alexander Pope（1688~1744年，英国诗人）曾说过To err is human, to forgive, divine（犯错是人性，宽恕是神性）这么一句话，马克·吐温则借此滑稽化。 (查看原文)
You know who critics are? — The men who have failed in literature and art. (Benjamin Disraeli)
A critic is a legless man who teaches running. (Pollock) (查看原文)
worry about 担忧~，焦虑~
1. There are two days about which nobody should ever worry, and these are yesterday and tomorrow. (Rboert Jones Burdette)
2. Insomniacs don't sleep because they worry about it, and they worry about it because they don't sleep. (F. P. Adams) (查看原文)
