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

相关名言

MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.

神话(神话):原始人对其起源、早期历史、英雄、神灵等的信仰,有别于他们后来编造的真实故事。

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

一个男孩可以从狗身上学到很多东西:服从、忠诚,以及在躺下之前转三圈的重要性。

My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.

作为一名喜剧演员,我唯一的目标就是打破模特少数族裔的神话。

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

毕竟,什么是谎言?这不过是假面舞会里的事实。