【Falsely accusing someone of lying is itself a lie.】妄稱對方撒謊，本身就是撒謊。

【羅姆尼的鼻子】“沒準兒，他說的經濟增長就是用這種騙人的方式進行吧！”

News organizations dedicate enormous resources to separating candidates' truthful wheat from their dishonest chaff.
新聞機構現在必須投入大量資源和精力對競選人言論進行甄別，去偽存真。

【separate the wheat from the chaff】to separate what is useful or valuable from what is worthless.將有用或有價值的事物與無價值的區分開來。

例句：The managers hoped that the new procedure for evaluating employees would separate the wheat from the chaff.
經理希望新的員工考核流程能讓優秀員工體現其價值。

We all stretch the truth. We learned to deceive as toddlers. We rationalize our fabrications that benefit us. We tell little white lies daily that make others feel good.
我們都會說謊，從幼兒時就學會了說謊。我們為自己的捏造找借口，以有利于自己。為了讓別人更愉快，我們每天都可能會說些善意的謊言。

【stretch the truth】言過其實，說話過分夸大。

例句：The slightest stretch of any truth will produce an absurdity.
真理越過一步,就會變成謬誤。

【deceive】欺騙

【fabrication】捏造

【white lies】善意的謊言

例句：Do you believe that we need white lies in our life?
你認為我們的生活中需要善意的謊言嗎？

Politicians distort the truth more often, use more self-justifications and deceive in larger ways, and with more consequences, experts in psychology and political science say.
心理學家和政治學家表示，政客更經常歪曲事實，更多地自我辯白，騙人騙得更夸張，后果也更嚴重。

【distort the truth】歪曲事實

例句：Journalists, I think, should take responsibility to report the truth, not distort it.
我認為記者應該有責任報道真相，而非扭曲真相。

When lies succeed, they make it "more tempting to lie. Lies can stick. They can have a lingering effect, even if they are debunked. "
說謊成功后，“人們就更難以抗拒去繼續說謊。謊言有時候揮之不去，影響很久，即使被揭穿?！?/strong>