'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

你的忠告仍然是真的,这还不够;直率的事实比善意的谎言更有害。

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The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

这就是新闻界的雇工,他们的工作就是鼓舞人民的精神。他们说了那么长时间的谎话,耍了那么多花招,最后他们的预算似乎是完全空了。

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.

有人说过,懒惰是罪恶之源,这是千真万确的;但恶作剧本身只不过是一种逃避无聊的空虚的企图。

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They some how already know what you truly want to become.

要有勇气跟随自己的内心和直觉。他们有些人已经知道你真正想成为什么样的人。

I guess I don't like the people in politics very much, to be blunt.

坦率地说,我想我不太喜欢政界人士。

True friends are families which you can select.

真正的朋友是你可以选择的家庭。

Mischief comes soon enough.

祸不单行。