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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It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things.

我认为，当孩子们日益增长的观察力和辨别能力激起他们对事物的渴望时，用谎言和胡言乱语来搪塞他们是大错特错的。

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Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.

神话是一种试图叙述整个人类经历的企图，其目的太深，太深入血液和灵魂，无法用精神来解释或描述。

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As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity.

正如普罗提努斯告诉我们的，我们选择了适合灵魂的身体、父母、地点和环境，正如神话所说，这些都属于灵魂的需要。

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I don't take criticism lying down.

我不接受批评。

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