And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

毕竟,什么是谎言?这不过是假面舞会里的事实。

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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.

书的好处在于被人阅读。书是由一些符号组成的,这些符号代表着其他符号,而这些符号又代表着事物。如果没有眼睛去阅读,一本书所包含的符号就不会产生任何概念;所以它是哑的。

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

如果你不把自己的真实情况告诉别人,你就不能把别人的真实情况告诉别人。

If lies were Latin, there would be many learned men.

如果谎言是拉丁文,那就会有许多学者。

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

说谎对广告不起作用。