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Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.
人最严肃的事莫过于他的幽默感;这是他想知道全部真相的迹象。
— Mark Van Doren 马克·范多伦
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更多好句 ↗The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful.
佛陀教导人们要完全诚实，并附加了额外的教导，即一个人说的每句话都应该是真实和有益的。
Sylvia Boorstein
布尔斯坦
Words are mere shadows cast by ideas. But the ideas they represent are real.
言语不过是思想投下的阴影。但它们所代表的思想是真实的。
Roy H. Williams
罗伊·H·威廉姆斯
Every man who has seen the world knows that nothing is so useless as a general maxim.
凡是见过世面的人都知道，没有什么比一句格言更没用的了。
Thomas Babington Macaulay
麦考莱
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.
艺术不是对积极现实的研究，而是对理想真理的追求。
John Ruskin
约翰·罗斯金
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
每件事都是模糊的，直到你试图使它精确，你才会意识到。
Bertrand Russell
罗素
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
一个人必须知道他不能指挥一切，但他能指挥自己;他不能强迫别人的意志，但他可以塑造和掌握自己的意志。人们向主宰自己的人寻求指导。
James Allen
詹姆斯·艾伦