The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.

  • -- Pearl Bailey 珍珠贝利

第一个也是最坏的欺诈是欺骗自己。从此以后,所有的罪都变得容易了。

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It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.

雄心使人的本质是说谎者和骗子,把真相藏在他们的胸部,并显示,像杂技演员一样,另一个在嘴里,削减所有的友谊和敌意的衡量自己的兴趣,并使一个好的面容没有善意的帮助。

I don't often go to curator or artist walk-throughs of exhibitions. For a critic, it feels like cheating. I want to see shows with my own eyes, making my own mistakes, viewing exhibitions the way most of their audience sees them.

我不常去参观策展人或艺术家的展览。对评论家来说,这就像作弊。我想用我自己的眼睛看展览,犯我自己的错误,用大多数观众看展览的方式看展览。

Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.

没有经济平等的政治自由是一种借口、一种骗局、一种谎言;工人们不想撒谎。

You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.

你经常听到关于选举舞弊的事……但是你不会看到大量的选举舞弊。