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英语名人名言: Honesty 诚实
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  • The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

    Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - )

    Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

    Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)

    Maybe coming clean is the ultimate selfish act. A way to absolve1 yourself by hurting someone who doesn't deserve to be hurt.

    Cindy Chupack, Sex and the City, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, 2000

    Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

    Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)

    The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.

    Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Iphigenia in Tauris, circa 412 B.C.

    I would rather be accused of breaking precedents3 than breaking promises.

    John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)

    Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

    Kin2 Hubbard (1868 - 1930)

    If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?

    Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity4, 2002

    Friends should always tell you the truth. But please don’t.

    Louis C. K., Vanity Fair interview, 2013

    Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

    Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

    If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.

    Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

    When in doubt, tell the truth.

    Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

    Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.

    Mary MacCracken

    When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate.

    Pamela Ribon, Why Girls Are Weird5, 2003

    Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.

    Sam Rayburn (1882 - 1961), quoted Washingtonian, November 1978

    Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

    Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)

    Being entirely6 honest with oneself is a good exercise.

    Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939)

    An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

    Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to John Melish, January 13, 1813

    There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously7.

    Thomas Sowell (1930 - )

    Honesty is the best image.

    Tom Wilson, Ziggy (comic)

    Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

    Walter Anderson

    I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based on truth.

    Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

    Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.

    William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Timon of Athens", Act 3 scene 1

    I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.

    William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 3 scene 1

    No legacy8 is so rich as honesty.

    William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "All's Well that Ends Well", Act 3 scene 5

    Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

    William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

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    1 absolve [əbˈzɒlv] LIeyN   第8级
    vt.赦免,解除(责任等)
    参考例句:
    • I absolve you, on the ground of invincible ignorance. 鉴于你不可救药的无知,我原谅你。
    • They agree to absolve you from your obligation. 他们同意免除你的责任。
    2 kin [kɪn] 22Zxv   第7级
    n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的
    参考例句:
    • He comes of good kin. 他出身好。
    • She has gone to live with her husband's kin. 她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。
    3 precedents [p'resɪdənts] 822d1685d50ee9bc7c3ee15a208b4a7e   第7级
    引用单元; 范例( precedent的名词复数 ); 先前出现的事例; 前例; 先例
    参考例句:
    • There is no lack of precedents in this connection. 不乏先例。
    • He copied after bad precedents. 他仿效恶例。
    4 immunity [ɪˈmju:nəti] dygyQ   第9级
    n.优惠;免除;豁免,豁免权
    参考例句:
    • The law gives public schools immunity from taxation. 法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
    • He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested. 他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
    5 weird [wɪəd] bghw8   第7级
    adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
    参考例句:
    • From his weird behaviour, he seems a bit of an oddity. 从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
    • His weird clothes really gas me. 他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
    6 entirely [ɪnˈtaɪəli] entirely   第9级
    ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
    参考例句:
    • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
    • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
    7 posthumously ['pɒstjʊməslɪ] posthumously   第10级
    adv.于死后,于身后;于著作者死后出版地
    参考例句:
    • He was confirmed posthumously as a member of the Chinese Communist Party. 他被追认为中国共产党党员。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Her last book was published posthumously in 1948. 她最后的一本书在她死后于1948 年出版了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    8 legacy [ˈlegəsi] 59YzD   第7级
    n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西
    参考例句:
    • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left. 它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
    • He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods. 他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

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