A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
说谎
Lying
The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.
说谎的力量远远小于不被讨论的力量。
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。
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
如果你不把自己的真实情况告诉别人，你就不能把别人的真实情况告诉别人。
Ironically, the purpose of most of our lying is to preserve the good opinion of men.
具有讽刺意味的是，我们大多数谎言的目的都是为了维护人们对我们的好感。
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.
从好的方面来说，死亡是少数几件躺下就能轻松完成的事情之一。
Being honest to someone's face doesn't mean squat if you end up lying behind their back.
对别人的脸诚实并不意味着你要蹲着，如果你最终躺在他们背后。
I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.
我为说谎向你道歉。我保证我不会欺骗你，除非在这种事情上。
Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
儿子，永远说实话。这样你就永远不会记得你上次说了什么。
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
狗教会一个男孩忠诚、毅力和在躺下之前要转三圈。
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
没有什么比自欺更容易的了。因为每个人的愿望，他也相信是真实的。
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
真正的伪君子是那些不再觉察自己的欺骗，不再真诚地说谎的人。
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.
人类所做的、想过的或曾经做过的一切，都像魔法一样保存在书页之中。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A historian who would convey the truth must lie. Often he must enlarge the truth by diameters, otherwise his reader would not be able to see it.
历史学家要想揭示真相，就必须撒谎。他常常必须把事实放大，否则读者就看不清了。
Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.
谎言容易，真理难。
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt to be dangerous.
谎言是没有意义的，除非真相被认为是危险的。
I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.
不过，我喜欢人们渴望与他人建立联系。他们迫切地想知道你没有欺骗他们或误导他们。