Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.

  • -- A. N. Wilson A.N.威尔逊

在所有的说谎者中,最傲慢的是传记作家:这些人会让我们相信,在调查了几个装满信件、日记、银行对账单和照片的盒子之后,他们可以像录音天使一样,讲述另一个人生活的全部真相。

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Internationalism is a social and political theory, a certain concept of how human society ought to be organized, and in particular a concept of how the nations ought to organize their mutual relations.

国际主义是一种社会和政治理论,是关于人类社会应该如何组织的特定概念,特别是关于各国应该如何组织相互关系的概念。

There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that can replace youth.

没有什么比青春更傲慢自大,也没有什么比机器更能取代青春。

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

当一个人的灵魂放弃复仇,敢于宽恕别人所受的伤害时,它才显得如此坚强。

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

人们不相信谎言,不是因为他们不得不相信,而是因为他们想要相信。

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

我们不傲慢,我们只是相信我们是世界上最好的乐队。

I believe that all men and women will be saved.

我相信所有的男人和女人都会得救。