It seemed to me as though no one would ever quote Horace again, as anything but a lie. Of course that's not the case.

对我而言尽管没有人会再援引贺拉斯，除了这个谎话，当然那不能说明什么。

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And that includes me, because I'm going to lie to you a lot all semester long.

包括怀疑我，因为我整个学期都会经常撒谎。

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So not only is there evolutionary pressure for me to lie to you, for me to persuade you for instance, that if we're going to have a conflict- if you are threatening me " "Don't threaten me, I am not the sort of man you could screw around with" But there's evolutionary pressure for you to look and say, "No. You are the sort of man you could screw around with.

因此，不仅存在着要求我对你说谎,的进化压力，比如，如果我们之间存有冲突-,当你威胁我时,我会说“别吓唬我，我可不是吃素“,而且还存在着要求你辨别谎言的进化压力,你会说，“不，你肯定不行。

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