A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
谎言
Falsehood
Falsehood is the Devil's daughter, and speaks her father's tongue.
谎言是魔鬼的女儿,说的是她父亲的舌头。
Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.
夸张是谎言的近亲,几乎同样应该受到谴责。
He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
沉湎于谎言的人会发现天堂之路对他关闭了。
In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
在争论中,真理总是占上风;在政治中,谎言总是存在的。
Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.
谎言不仅与真理不一致,而且常常彼此争吵。
This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.
和平的道乃是这样:以善除恶,以真理除假,以爱除恨。
We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.
我们必须以今天能得到的真理来生活今天,并准备好明天称之为谬误。
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
陈述的准确性是真理的首要要素之一;不准确近乎谎言。
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
无知的人比满脑子虚假和错误的人更接近真理。
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
撒谎者以使谎言看起来像真理一样开始,以使真理本身看起来像谎言一样结束。
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
在这个时代,真理是如此模糊,谎言是如此根深蒂固,以至于,除非我们热爱真理,否则我们无法知道它。
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
谎言和无用的真理之间没有什么区别。不能花的金子不能使人富有,不能应用的知识也不能使人聪明。
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What's Done Can't Be Undone: In Life There Are Some Things Once Done Or Decisions Once Made Cannot Be changed; Malicious Words Once Uttered Or Harmful Actions Once Done Cannot Be Taken Back.
做过的事是无法挽回的:在生活中,有些事情一旦做了就无法挽回,有些决定一旦做了就无法改变;恶意的话一旦说出口,有害的行为一旦做了,就不能收回。
Falsehood never tires of going round about.
谎言永不厌倦四处传播。
The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do?
主要的原因是一种有害的谎言,传播反对她的存在,即她是劣等的性质。差在什么?在同样有利的条件下,男人做过那个女人不能做的事吗?
If lies were Latin, there would be many learned men.
如果谎言是拉丁文,那就会有许多学者。
Falsehood, like a nettle, stings those who meddle with it.
谎言似荨麻,玩弄它的人会被它刺痛。
Falsehood travels and grows.
谎言会四处传播和成长。