Having been reminded and then having asserted their honesty, then in order to sustain internal consistency, they have to be honest in the other things they say.

他们已经被提醒和已经声称他们的诚实，那么为了维持内在的一致性，他们不得不对待其他事上要诚实。

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Honesty, we say, is the best policy.

我们常说，诚实，是最好的处事原则。

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The scientists then showed these videos to a second set of subjects and asked them to rate the honesty of the interviewees and say which ones they’d hire.

科学家们将这些录像带给第二组人观看，让他们给面试者的诚信做评价并告知他们想录取那些人。

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Somewhere in The Great Gatsby, which was my Tom Sawyer when I was twelve, the youthful narrator remarks that everybody suspects himself of having at least one of the cardinal virtues and he goes on to say that he thinks his, bless his heart, is honesty.

在Great，Gatsby的某个地方，我表哥在那,当时我12岁，那个年轻的叙事者谈论道,每个人都怀疑他,有至少一种基本的美德，他继续说,他认为他的内心是诚实的。

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Just this: People say they like honesty in politicians, but on global warming, the evidence is the opposite.

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Adults often looked away, whether from modesty or a desire for concealment, while some, like the collector, held his gaze challengingly, with a false honesty, as if to say, Yes, of course my eyes are concealing things, but you lack the discernment to realize it.

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