The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

  • -- Robert Edward Lee 李将军

“诚实是最好的政策”这句陈词滥调遭到了“诚实不是政策”的公正批评。真正诚实的人,诚实来自于对正确的信念,而不是政策。

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To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

在这个日夜竭尽全力把你变成别人的世界上,除了你自己,谁也不是,这意味着要打一场任何人都能打的最艰苦的战斗;永远不要停止战斗。

Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy - and that is life.

哦,爱是真实的;你总有一天会找到它,但它有一个大敌——那就是生命。

The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.

最好的医生是饮食、宁静和快乐。

My own laugh is the real thing and I've had it all my life.

我自己的笑声是真实的,我一生都在笑。