Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, as those that are not wholly wrong; as no watches so effectually deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.

  • -- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿

谎言最成功的时候,莫过于它用真理当鱼饵勾住自己的鱼钩;没有比那些有时是正确的手表更能有效地欺骗佩戴者的了。

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The worst manifestations of exhaustion were successfully cured by a long period of rest but it was immediately apparent to me that I had lost once and for all my former capacity for carrying out experimental work until physically tired.

长时间的休息成功地治愈了最严重的疲劳症状,但我立刻意识到,我彻底丧失了以前进行实验工作的能力,直到身体疲劳为止。

Jesus shall reign where’er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

耶稣将在太阳照耀的地方作王;他的国从这岸延到那岸,直到月亮不再盈亏。

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

成为一个名人或任何你真正有野心的事情,这真的是一个游戏,看看你能取得多大的成功。

You may shut your doors against a thief, but not against a liar.

你们可以关上门,防备盗贼,却不能防备说谎话的。

The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully.

发动战争的力量就是成功发动战争的力量。