Well, truth be told, they're pretty much the same person.

呃，说实话，这两位差不多就是一个人。

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For the history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sewn thick with evidences that a truth is not hard to kill, and that a lie well told is immortal.

因为我们人类的历史，还有每个个人的经验，都深深地埋下了这样的证据：一个真理不难扼杀，一个说得巧妙的谎言则历久不衰。

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Truth be told, most economists don't really understand this peculiar recession especially well.

老实说，大多数经济学家并没有很好的理解这场不一般的经济衰退。

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Well, truth be told I have always been an advertising and branding sycophant, rooted in my carefully curated and organized collection of car ads from old magazines, back when glamour and humor were part of the message and mechanism for automotive advertising.

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That story may be a legend - though it was first told by someone who knew him well - but it's a legend that points towards a truth.

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