It was simple enough, in those old days, to define with approximate accuracy when a given statement ceased to be the truth and became a lie.

在过去，要近似准确地界定一个特定声明由真理变为谎言，是很简单的。

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It's a sad fact of life: lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.

生活中有一个可悲的事实：谎言是谎言，但有时真相也会撒谎。

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If we use words that can deceive others, we tell a lie; and Ted's lie was a bad one, for it sounded so like the truth.

如果我们使用可以欺骗他人的话语，我们就是在说谎；泰德的谎言很糟糕，因为它听起来很像真的。

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If Wheeler seems comfortable in this Samuel Beckett world where the truth is a lie and only lies lead to the truth, perhaps it's because he's been living there a long time.

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But lying to a federal executive branch employee is -- even if you're not under oath and even if telling the truth might incriminate you and even if no one is fooled by your lie.

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Before the arrival of humans, the Hosts would always tell the truth, and the sound of a lie fills them with ecstasy.

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