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Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
诚实是一件好事，但如果不加以控制，对诚实的拥有者就没有好处。
— Don Marquis 马奎斯
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更多好句 ↗You can't make someone learn something - you really can't teach someone something - they have to want to learn it. And if they want to learn, they will.
你不能强迫别人学东西——你真的不能教别人东西——他们必须想学。如果他们想学习，他们会的。
Daniel Greenberg
丹尼尔·格林伯格
If you really think you're right, you should tell it.
如果你真的认为你是对的，你应该说出来。
Cass Elliot
凯斯·埃利奥特
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
一个有道德的人和一个有荣誉的人的区别在于，后者会对一件可耻的行为感到后悔，即使这种行为是有效的，而且他没有被抓住。
H. L. Mencken
门肯
Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
人生的悲剧就在于我们老得太快，而聪明得太晚。
Benjamin Franklin
本杰明·富兰克林
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
当一位杰出而年长的科学家宣称某事是可能的，他几乎肯定是对的。当他说某事是不可能的时候，他很可能是错的。
Arthur C. Clarke
亚瑟·C·克拉克
Hence it happens that one takes words for concepts, and concepts for the things themselves.
因此，人们往往用词语来表示概念，用概念来表示事物本身。
Johann G. Hamann
约翰·G·哈曼