A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
说谎
Lying
Lying is done with words and also with silence.
说谎既要用言语，也要用沉默。
There's hostility to lying, and there should be.
说谎是有敌意的，而且应该有。
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
毫无疑问，真理是美丽的;但谎言也是如此。
Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.
说谎就像酗酒。你总是在恢复。
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。
One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.
当一个人说谎时，他应该有一个好记性。
Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.
仅仅为了好玩而说谎，不是艺术就是病理学。
When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.
当目击者编造谎言时，他们往往忽略了显而易见的事实。
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
人们遭受的最大欺骗来自他们自己的意见。
You may shut your doors against a thief, but not against a liar.
你们可以关上门，防备盗贼，却不能防备说谎话的。
Magic is an art form where you lie and tell people you are lying.
魔术是一种你说谎并告诉别人你在说谎的艺术形式。
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
谎言有三种:谎言、该死的谎言和统计数字。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.
残酷的事实可以被克服，但是谎言会摧毁你的灵魂。
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic
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
The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.
所有谎言中，最危险的是一个略微扭曲的事实。
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。
I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise.
我是个功利主义者，所以我不认为反对说谎的规则是绝对的;它总是受制于一些凌驾于它之上的实用程序，这可能会阻止它的运行。
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
人们说谎最多的时候是打猎之后、战争期间或选举之前。