Truth to facts is not always truth to sentiment; and part of the truth, as often happens in answer to a question, may be the foulest calumny.
忠于事实未必就是忠于真实的情感;部分真相,正如回答问题时常见的那样,也可能成为最恶毒的诽谤。
— Robert Louis Stevenson · Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers · Truth of Intercourse —