A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
真理
Truth
The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times.
善良的人是那些在大处发光的人。
If there is to be reconciliation, first there must be truth.
如果要和解，首先必须有真相。
Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
有时候，真相是伤人的。有时感觉很好。
We call first truths those we discover after all the others.
我们把最先发现的真理称为其他真理之后的真理。
What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.
我们所寻求的，我们必寻见;我们逃避的东西也会逃避我们。
What makes a writer a prophet is his ability to speak truth.
使作家成为先知的是他讲真话的能力。
It is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong.
近似正确总比完全错误好。
We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is.
我们不能假装现实与现实不同。
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
虚假的雄辩是夸大;真正的雄辩是强调。
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.
首先，也是最后，对天才的要求是热爱真理。
It’s almost always sin which preaches virtue in our pulpits.
几乎总是罪恶在我们的讲坛上宣扬美德。
Obeying a prophetic call to action brings positive benefits.
遵守对行动的预言会带来积极的益处。
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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。
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
对人类心灵最大的罪恶就是相信没有证据的事情。
If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.
如果你把真理关起来，埋在地下，它只会生长。
There's a difference between knowing somebody & hearing about somebody. Just because you "heard" doesn't mean you "know".
认识某人和听说某人是有区别的。你“听说”并不意味着你“知道”。
One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.
一个人常常说了一句话，后来才知道这是多么正确。
It is no good saying we journalists must report only what is true because what is true cannot always be proven.
说我们新闻工作者必须只报道真实的东西是不对的，因为真实的东西不能总是得到证实。