The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.

相比大谎言和小谎言，民众更容易相信的是前者。

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The death-penalty inflicted upon criminals may be looked on in much the same light: it is in order that we may not fall victims to an assassin that we consent to die if we ourselves turn assassins.

对罪犯处以极刑，也可以用大体同样的观点来观察：正是为了不至于成为凶手的牺牲品，所以人们才同意，假如自己做了凶手，自己也要死。在这一社会条约里，人们所想的只是要保全自己的生命，而远不是要结束自己的生命；

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In the absence of figures from the practitioners, experts tend to fall back on surveys of victims, often compiled by firms that sell security software.

因为缺少这一方面的数据，专家都倾向于对受害者的角度入手调查，这些数据一般都由软件公司收集。

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But after seeing similar results in previous audits, department officials helped Congress put tighter reins on the program in distributing aid to victims of last fall's Superstorm Sandy in the Northeast.

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Victims of medical debt usually fall prey when they use a credit card to pay for their medical expenses.

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All the alleged incidents fall outside New York's statute of limitations, which provides a five-year window for victims to report sexual abuse after they turn 18.

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