People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

  • -- Otto von Bismarck 奥托·冯·俾斯麦

人们说谎最多的时候是打猎之后、战争期间或选举之前。

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If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

如果你一旦丧失了同胞们的信任,你就永远无法重新获得他们的尊重和尊重。的确,有时候你可能会愚弄所有的人;你甚至可以一直愚弄一些人;但是你不可能一直愚弄所有的人。

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.

我向我的对手提出一个条件:如果他们不再对我们说谎,我就不再对他们说实话。

An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.

选举只不过是预先拍卖赃物。

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

荷马教会了所有其他诗人巧妙地说谎的艺术。

You couldn’t live close to war and not have it grab you eventually.

你不能住在离战争很近的地方,而不让它最终抓住你。

We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace.

我们知道如何赢得战争。我们现在必须学会赢得和平。