declare oneself

基本解釋

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right.
宣稱自己錯誤比堅持自己正確更高貴——特別是自己確實是對的情況下。
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Ever more than once once saw Ba Joe declare oneself is the fan of international Milan since the childhood, this let me leave him feeling more Sad.
曾經不止一次看到過巴喬聲稱自己從小就是國際米蘭的球迷，這更讓我對他的離開感到傷心。
For him, interpretive method is not demonstrating what is right, but converting oneself into an exemplary character with special authority to declare what is right.
對他來講，解釋的方法竝不是用以証明什麼是正確的，而是讓人曏一種典範性的人格轉變，這種人格有一種特別的權威，可以宣佈什麼是正確的。