Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

  • -- Nathaniel Hawthorne 纳撒尼尔·霍桑

准确是诚实的孪生兄弟;不准确,不诚实。

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There is an accuracy that defeats itself by the overemphasis of details. I often say that one must permit oneself, and quite advisedly and deliberately, a certain margin of misstatement.

对细节的过分强调会让准确性自取灭亡。我常说,一个人必须允许自己,相当慎重和故意地,一定程度上的错误陈述。

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.

报纸的首要职责是准确无误。如果它是准确的,那么它就是公平的。