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You can't really pretend something is rosier than it is and expect people to buy it.
你不能假装某样东西比它更美好，然后指望人们会买它。
— James Van Der Beek 詹姆斯·范德贝克
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更多好句 ↗The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.
如果一个人不能忍受自己的错误和缺点暴露出来，并被人知道，却试图掩盖它们，那么他就不适合走真理之路。
James Allen
詹姆斯·艾伦
Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.
原创是独立，不是反叛;这是真诚，不是对抗。
George Henry Lewes
乔治·亨利·路易斯
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
没有人喜欢自己的才智或诚信受到质疑，尤其是当他自己对此有怀疑时。
Henry Brooks Adams
亨利·亚当斯
He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.
说没有诚实人这种东西的人，你可以肯定他自己就是个无赖。
George Berkeley
乔治伯克利
Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
朋友们，如果我们对自己诚实，我们就会对彼此诚实。
George MacDonald
乔治·麦克唐纳
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
衡量一个人真正的品质，要看他在知道永远不会被人发现的情况下会做些什么。
Thomas Babington Macaulay
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