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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

  • -- Benjamin Disraeli 本杰明·迪斯雷利

谎言有三种:谎言、该死的谎言和统计数字。

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This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come together again only to destroy each other.

矛盾就在这里:他们希望上帝，他们希望人类。它们坚持把两项联系起来，而这两项一旦分开，就会重新结合在一起，只会互相毁灭。

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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word "census," and people fall asleep.

当然，去年我们做了一集关于人口普查和抽样与直接统计的对比。你刚说“人口普查”，人们就睡着了。

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Being honest to someone's face doesn't mean squat if  you end up lying behind their back.

对别人的脸诚实并不意味着你要蹲着，如果你最终躺在他们背后。

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Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

学习历史，学习历史。历史蕴藏着一切治国之道。

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The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.

所有谎言中，最危险的是一个略微扭曲的事实。

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We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

我们只是统计数字，生来就是为了消耗资源。

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