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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It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.

并不是我不喜欢当代乡村音乐,因为我不喜欢。我爱它。我记录了很多,并取得了巨大的成功,记录的记录不是非常传统的国家记录。

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

艺术的回报不是名声或成功,而是陶醉:这就是为什么那么多糟糕的艺术家不能放弃它。

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

我认识的大多数成功人士都是那些多听少说的人。

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

夸张是谎言的近亲,几乎同样应该受到谴责。

I was very successful from a very early age, and I want to keep it.

我从很小的时候就非常成功,我想保持它。