We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

  • -- Hesiod 海西奥德

我们知道如何说许多类似真实事物的谎言,但我们知道,当我们愿意时,如何说真实的东西。

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I don't use the phrase 'I love you' very often, but I say it every time I talk to my children.

我不常说“我爱你”这句话,但每次和孩子们说话时,我都会说。

If enough things that are untrue are said about you, no one will know what really is true.

如果有足够多不真实的事情被说出来,没有人会知道什么是真实的。

Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit.

有时候你不得不撒谎。人们常常要歪曲一件事,才能抓住它的真正精神。

Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.

鬼和女人一样,不跟人说话就不说话。