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Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
尽管他很年轻，但他的直觉告诉他，最好的说谎者是那些把最小的谎言说得最多的人。
— Samuel Butler 塞缪尔·巴特勒
同一主题，不同的表达
更多好句 ↗When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.
当一个人的生活中不再出现新的行为变化时，他的行为就不再具有智慧。
Thomas Carlyle
托马斯·卡莱尔
If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.
如果一个理论声称能解释一切，那么它很可能根本解释不了多少。
Massimo Pigliucci
马西莫·匹格里奇
We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.
我们深入阅读的原因多种多样，其中大多数都是我们所熟悉的:我们无法足够深刻地了解足够多的人;我们需要更好地了解自己;我们不仅需要了解自己和他人，还需要了解事物的本质。
Harold Bloom
哈罗德·布鲁姆
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
我们在生活中失去的生命在哪里?我们在知识中失去的智慧在哪里?我们在信息中丢失的知识在哪里?
T. S. Eliot
T.S.艾略特
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few.
在初学者的头脑中有许多可能性，但在专家的头脑中却很少。
Shunryu Suzuki
铃木俊隆
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
常识是本能，足够的常识就是天才。
Henry Wheeler Shaw
亨利·惠勒·肖