The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

  • -- Robertson Davies 罗伯逊戴维斯

对真理的热爱是许多幽默的根源。

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Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.

每个人都知道阿尔卑斯山的山谷里是如何积雪的,形成了一个逐渐向出口倾斜的平原。想象一下,有一个十英里宽的山谷,平原上倾斜的不是雪,而是土。

The continued utterance of a lie does not make it true, but it does convince many that it is, particularly if you can squelch most efforts to expose the lie.

不断地说谎并不能使它成为事实,但它确实能使许多人相信它是真的,尤其是如果你能压制大部分揭穿谎言的努力。