it is evident, that we ought not to make an exception to this maxim in favour of human testimony, whose connexion with any event seems, in itself, as little necessary as any other. Were not the memory tenacious to a certain degree, had not men commonly an inclination to truth and a principle of probity; were they not sensible to shame, when detected in a falsehood: Were not these, I say, discovered by experience to be qualities, inherent in human nature, we should never repose the least confidence in human testimony.
Gizakiak ez balu oroimena neurri bateraino euskor, eta ez balu normalki egiaranzko joera eta jatortasun printzipio bat, ez balu lotsarik sentituko gezurretan harrapaturik, ez balira hauek, diot nik, esperientziak giza izaerari atxekirik eriden ohi dituen kualitateak, ez genioke inoiz konfidantza txikienik ere emango giza testigantzari.