Here they were still at their old bewildering, pardonable, useless quarrels, with so much to be said on both sides, and so little that need be said at all.
他们仍在进行那些令人困惑、情有可原却毫无益处的旧争吵:双方都有那么多话可说,可真正需要说的,却那么少。
— G. K. Chesterton · The Ball and the Cross · I · A Discussion Somewhat in the Air —