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Most jokes state a bitter truth.
大多数笑话讲的都是残酷的事实。
— Larry Gelbart 吉尔巴特
同一主题，不同的表达
更多好句 ↗A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.
陈词滥调只不过是一个不断重复的真理，直到人们听腻了为止。
Stanley Baldwin
斯坦利·鲍德温
That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
无论在什么地方，凡是人人都能接受的东西，几乎肯定是错误的。
Paul Valery
保尔·瓦雷里
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
最好的语言大多是由简单而朴实的词汇组成的。
George Eliot
乔治·艾略特
Lying to other people isn’t hard. It’s lying to yourself that’s the trouble.
对别人说谎并不难。对自己说谎才是问题所在。
Jonathan Culver
乔纳森·卡尔弗
Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice.
将理性转化为偏见是最糟糕的偏见形式，因为理性是摆脱偏见的唯一工具。
Allan Bloom
布鲁姆
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.
真理是残酷的，但它是可以被爱的，它使爱它的人获得自由。
George Santayana
乔治·桑塔亚纳