Anything you say before the word “but” does not count.

La literatura es el arte de mentir para decir la verdad.

真相如同太阳；你可以暂时遮蔽它，但它不会消失。

短期利益绝不应损害长期的环境健康。

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

表演是探索人类状况的一种方式。