He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

一个允许自己撒一次谎的人,发现第二次和第三次更容易,直到最后成为习惯。

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We have seen from experience that, if we are in the habit of walking regularly on the same road, we are able to think about other things while walking, without paying attention to our steps.

我们从经验中看到,如果我们养成了经常在同一条路上走的习惯,我们就能够一边走一边想其他事情,而不去注意我们的脚步。

My mother is a special story. She went through so much to bring us up, four men at home, especially when our country was going through really difficult times.

我的母亲是一个特殊的故事。她做了很多事来抚养我们,四个男人在家里,尤其是当我们的国家正在经历非常困难的时期。

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.

躺在床上是一种完美的、至高无上的体验,只要你有一支足够长的彩色铅笔在天花板上画画。

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.

我的习惯是,与其说我在观察一件礼物的本质,不如说我在观察它被赋予的精神。

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

不采取新的补救措施的人,必然会遭遇新的灾难;因为时间是最伟大的创新者。

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

人们说谎最多的时候是打猎之后、战争期间或选举之前。