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。

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It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

当像塔西佗一样,一个人有话要说时,简短地说几句话并不是什么伟大的艺术;然而,当一个人无话可说,却照样写了一整本书,把真相变成了一个说谎者——我称之为一种成就。

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

人类所做的、想过的或曾经做过的一切,都像魔法一样保存在书页之中。

I might be a great liar, but I am not sure I can lie to those striking eyes.

我可能是一个伟大的说谎者,但我不确定我能骗过那双引人注目的眼睛。

In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.

在争论中,真理总是占上风;在政治中,谎言总是存在的。

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

谎言有三种:谎言、该死的谎言和统计数字。

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

真理必浮于谎言之上,犹如油浮于水面。