The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic

  • -- John F. Kennedy 肯尼迪

真相的最大敌人往往不是谎言——故意的、做作的、不诚实的——而是神话——持久的、有说服力的、不切实际的

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Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence.

神话从世界的角度,即从另一个世界或第二世界的角度,表达了人对自身与自身存在的基础和限度之间的关系的认识。

As a rule the myth is no explanation of the origin of the ritual to any one who does not believe it to be a narrative of real occurrences, and the boldest mythologist will not believe that.

一般来说,神话不能向任何不相信它是真实事件的叙述的人解释仪式的起源,最大胆的神话学家也不会相信。

And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.

如果我告诉你,作为一名黑人棒球运动员,我没有经历过比队友更糟糕的时期,那我就是在说谎。

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

说谎之后,要有良好的记忆力。