There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.
— Thomas Sowell  ·  Honesty

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complete [kəm'plit] 词频1 词根: com
adj. （用以强调）完全的;完成的;达到结尾的;完整的; vt. 完成，使完满;完成或结束;填写（表格）;
💡 com 全部+plete满→全满→完全的
"She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger."
在街上，一个完全陌生的人贸然走到她跟前搭讪。
近义：implement, improve, make, attain, perfect, perform 反义：ignore, transgress, unheed, violate, disregard, disrespect
truth [trʊθ] 词频1
n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;
💡 tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness 反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
telling ['tɛlɪŋ]
adj. 有效的;显著的;生动的;说明问题的; v. 讲述( tell的现在分词);告诉;
"Stop telling fibs ."
别再撒谎了。
近义：narrative, recital, recitation, recountal, story, tale
anonymously [[ə'nɔniməsli]]
adv. 不具名地；化名地
posthumously
adv. 父死后出生, 遗腹, 著作者死后出版, 身后, 死后
近义：later, subsequently, thereinafter, afterwards
ways
n. 方法（way的复数）；滑路

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🏷 更多「Honesty」名言

"The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale."
— Arthur C. Clarke
"Every man has his fault, and honesty is his."
— William Shakespeare
"I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I."
— William Shakespeare
"Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well."
— Samuel Butler
"Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."
— Walter Anderson
"The day is for honest men, the night for thieves."
— Euripides
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