It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.

-- Sophocles 索福克勒斯

将军的优点是传播好消息，隐瞒真相。

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It has long been known that the chemical atomic weight of hydrogen was greater than one-quarter of that of helium, but so long as fractional weights were general there was no particular need to explain this fact, nor could any definite conclusions be drawn from it.

人们早就知道氢的化学原子量大于氦的四分之一，但只要分数权重是一般的，就没有必要特别解释这个事实，也不能从中得出任何明确的结论。

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We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information.

我们知道:当然，关于市场和类似的社会结构，有许多事实是我们无法衡量的，而且我们确实只有一些非常不精确和笼统的资料。

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There's always merit to having a debate.

辩论总是有好处的。

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The more merit, the less affection

功德越多，感情越淡

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