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We lie. We all do. We exaggerate, we minimize, we avoid confrontation, we spare people's feelings, we conveniently forget, we keep crets, we justify lying to the big-guy institutions. Like most people, I indulge in small falhoods and still think of mylf as an honest person. Sure I lie, but it doesn't hurt anything. Or does it?
我们撒谎。我们都这样。我们夸大其辞，我们故意缩小，我们避免正面冲突，我们生怕伤害他人感情，我们习惯性的忘记，我们保守秘密，我们为向组织撒谎辩护。和多数人一样，我自己时常在小事上撒谎但是仍然认为自己是一个诚实的人。当然，我撒谎，但无伤大雅，不是吗？
I once tried going a whole week without telling a lie ,and it was paralyzing .I discovered that telling the truth all the time is nearly impossible. It means liv ing with some rious conquences. The bank charges me $60 in overdraft fees, my partner keels over when I t
ell him about my travails, my client fires me for telling her I didn’t feel like being on time, and my friend takes it personally when I say I’m not hungry. There must be some merit to ly ing.
我曾经尝试过了整整一个星期没有说谎，感觉挺别扭的。我发现，一直说实话几乎是不可能的。这就意味着存在一些严重的后果。银行收了我60美元的透支费。当我告诉我的合作伙伴关于我的困境时他就翻身而去，当我告诉我的客户我不想准时付款的时候她很发火，当我说我不饿时我的朋友就自己吃了。所以一定存在说谎的价值。
But if I justify lying, what makes me any different from slick politicians or the corporate robbers who raided the S&L industry? Saying it’s okay to lie one way and not another is hedging. I cannot em to escape the voice deep inside me that tells me: When someone lies, someone los. What far-reaching conquences will I, or others, pay as a result of my lie? Will someone’s trust be destroyed? Will someone el pay my penance becau I ducked out ? We must consider the meaning of our actions . Deception ,lies, capital crimes, and misdemeanors all carry meanings . W ebster’s definition of lie is specific:
1: a fal statement or action especially made with the intent to deceive;
2: anything that gives or is meant to give a fal impression
. A definition like this implies that there are many, many ways to tell a lie. Here are just a few.
但如果让我证明说谎，这让我跟那些圆滑的政客或袭击了S&L产业的团体劫匪有什么不同呢？说没关系是撒谎的一个方法而不是另一个是套保。在我的内心深处，似乎有种无法逃避的声音告诉我说：当某人说谎，某人丢失了。什么深远的后果将由我或其他人来承担呢？由于我撒谎吗?某人的信任将被毁灭吗?别人向我低头忏悔因为我的离开吗? 我们必须考虑我们行为的意义。欺骗、谎言、资本犯罪、项不端行为都具有意义。韦伯对谎言具体定义是:
1：一个错误的陈述或行动的意图在于欺骗人；
2：任何的给予意在制造一个虚假的印象。
像这样的一个定义蕴含着有很多很多撒谎方法。这里只是其中一小部分。
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