A historian who would convey the truth must lie. Often he must enlarge the truth by diameters, otherwise his reader would not be able to see it.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

历史学家要想揭示真相,就必须撒谎。他常常必须把事实放大,否则读者就看不清了。

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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

谎言有三种:谎言、该死的谎言和统计数字。

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

说谎是有敌意的,而且应该有。