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  • Liars1 when they speak the truth are not believed.

    Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent3 Philosophers

    Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped telling them.

    Brock Clarke, An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, 2007

    Lying increases the creative faculties4, expands the ego5, and lessens6 the frictions7 of social contacts.

    Clare Booth Luce (1903 - 1987)

    Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), radio address, October 26, 1939

    The visionary lies to himself, the liar2 only to others.

    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

    All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.

    H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

    Hoaxes8 are nothing new. News media isn't hard to fool. It's fun to fool and people like to mess with people. It all goes to show you that we're not all that hard to fool. I think we should just accept that and trust people anyway.

    Hank Green, Vlogbrothers, The Top 10 Greatest Hoaxes of All Time, 10-22-09

    It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

    Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927)

    Being manipulative is dishonest and immature9. We often end up having to make up more lies to cover for inconsistencies in our original manipulation. In addition, it sets a terrible example for our children. While it may solve your initial problem, the tangled10 web that grows from such dishonesty is more trouble than it’s worth.

    Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint11 Custody12 with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011

    A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

    Lenin (1870 - 1924)

    A lie can travel halfway13 around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

    Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), (attributed)

    The history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal14.

    Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Advice to Youth

    Lies are like children: they're hard work, but it's worth it because the future depends on them.

    Pam Davis, House M.D., It's A Wonderful Lie, 2008

    False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

    Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Phaedo

    A liar should have a good memory.

    Quintilian, De Institutione Oratoria

    Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

    Lies are like children. If you don't nurture15 them, they'll never be useful later.

    Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 07-26-2012

    Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

    Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC), The War with Catiline

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

    Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)

    The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

    Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)

    Oh what a tangled web we weave,

    When first we practise to deceive!

    Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832), Marmion, Canto16 vi. Stanza17 17.

    Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;

    but when the truth entails18 tremendous ruin,

    To speak dishonorably is pardonable.

    Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Creusa

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    1 liars [ˈlaɪəz] ba6a2311efe2dc9a6d844c9711cd0fff   第7级
    说谎者( liar的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The greatest liars talk most of themselves. 最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。
    • Honest boys despise lies and liars. 诚实的孩子鄙视谎言和说谎者。
    2 liar [ˈlaɪə(r)] V1ixD   第7级
    n.说谎的人
    参考例句:
    • I know you for a thief and a liar! 我算认识你了,一个又偷又骗的家伙!
    • She was wrongly labelled a liar. 她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。
    3 eminent [ˈemɪnənt] dpRxn   第7级
    adj.显赫的,杰出的,有名的,优良的
    参考例句:
    • We are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist. 我们正期待一位著名科学家的来访。
    • He is an eminent citizen of China. 他是一个杰出的中国公民。
    4 faculties [ˈfækəltiz] 066198190456ba4e2b0a2bda2034dfc5   第7级
    n.能力( faculty的名词复数 );全体教职员;技巧;院
    参考例句:
    • Although he's ninety, his mental faculties remain unimpaired. 他虽年届九旬,但头脑仍然清晰。
    • All your faculties have come into play in your work. 在你的工作中,你的全部才能已起到了作用。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    5 ego [ˈi:gəʊ] 7jtzw   第7级
    n.自我,自己,自尊
    参考例句:
    • He is absolute ego in all thing. 在所有的事情上他都绝对自我。
    • She has been on an ego trip since she sang on television. 她上电视台唱过歌之后就一直自吹自擂。
    6 lessens [ˈlesənz] 77e6709415979411b220a451af0eb9d3   第7级
    变少( lessen的第三人称单数 ); 减少(某事物)
    参考例句:
    • Eating a good diet significantly lessens the risk of heart disease. 良好的饮食习惯能大大减少患心脏病的机率。
    • Alcohol lessens resistance to diseases. 含有酒精的饮料会减弱对疾病的抵抗力。
    7 frictions [f'rɪkʃnz] c3b12b9aeb795425cb3a97ab92bf2232   第7级
    n.摩擦( friction的名词复数 );摩擦力;冲突;不和
    参考例句:
    • Family frictions can interfere with a child's schoolwork. 家庭中的争吵会影响孩子的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • As far as we are concerned, these frictions are not of our own making [have been imposed on us]. 就我们来说,这种摩擦是被动式的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    8 hoaxes [həʊksiz] ea0488d8f4cb869a1f4df34e03161062   第8级
    n.恶作剧,戏弄( hoax的名词复数 )v.开玩笑骗某人,戏弄某人( hoax的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • The disc jockey, a young separatist named Pierre Brassard, has made his name with such hoaxes. 这位名叫彼埃尔 - 布拉萨尔的音乐节目主持人,是一名年轻的分离主义者,以制造这类骗局闻名。 来自百科语句
    • This chain-letter hoaxes, has mutated over the years. 这一骗局多年来在互联网上不断发展和变异。 来自互联网
    9 immature [ˌɪməˈtjʊə(r)] Saaxj   第8级
    adj.未成熟的,发育未全的,未充分发展的
    参考例句:
    • Tony seemed very shallow and immature. 托尼看起来好像很肤浅,不夠成熟。
    • The birds were in immature plumage. 这些鸟儿羽翅未全。
    10 tangled ['tæŋɡld] e487ee1bc1477d6c2828d91e94c01c6e   第7级
    adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词
    参考例句:
    • Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了,我梳不动。
    • A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。
    11 joint [dʒɔɪnt] m3lx4   第7级
    adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;vt.连接,贴合;vi. 贴合;生节
    参考例句:
    • I had a bad fall, which put my shoulder out of joint. 我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
    • We wrote a letter in joint names. 我们联名写了封信。
    12 custody [ˈkʌstədi] Qntzd   第8级
    n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
    参考例句:
    • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence. 等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
    • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery. 抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
    13 halfway [ˌhɑ:fˈweɪ] Xrvzdq   第8级
    adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
    参考例句:
    • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark. 走到半路,天就黑了。
    • In study the worst danger is give up halfway. 在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
    14 immortal [ɪˈmɔ:tl] 7kOyr   第7级
    adj.不朽的;永生的,不死的;神的
    参考例句:
    • The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal. 野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
    • The heroes of the people are immortal! 人民英雄永垂不朽!
    15 nurture [ˈnɜ:tʃə(r)] K5sz3   第7级
    n.养育,照顾,教育;滋养,营养品;vt.养育,给与营养物,教养,扶持
    参考例句:
    • The tree grows well in his nurture. 在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
    • The two sisters had received very different nurture. 这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。
    16 canto [ˈkæntəʊ] nsgzX   第11级
    n.长篇诗的章
    参考例句:
    • It's the fourth canto of Byron's "Childe Harold". 这是拜伦长诗《恰尔德·哈罗尔德游记》的第四章。
    • The Fifth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam tells of innumerable universes. 《圣典博伽瓦谭》第五篇讲述了有无数宇宙存在。
    17 stanza [ˈstænzə] RFoyc   第10级
    n.(诗)节,段
    参考例句:
    • We omitted to sing the second stanza. 我们漏唱了第二节。
    • One young reporter wrote a review with a stanza that contained some offensive content. 一个年轻的记者就歌词中包含有攻击性内容的一节写了评论。
    18 entails [inˈteilz] bc08bbfc5f8710441959edc8dadcb925   第7级
    使…成为必要( entail的第三人称单数 ); 需要; 限定继承; 使必需
    参考例句:
    • The job entails a lot of hard work. 这工作需要十分艰苦的努力。
    • This job entails a lot of hard work. 这项工作需要十分努力。

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