The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.
所有欺骗中,自欺最为严重。
Needless to say, you need to be true to yourself. If you make yourself believe in falsehoods, then you are betraying your own principles. If you deceive yourself, then how can you be true to others? In other words, the worst thing that one can do is to cheat oneself. As the saying goes, “The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.”
不用说,你必须忠于自己。如果你使自己相信虚假,那么你就是在违背自己的原则。如果你欺骗你自己,那么你如何能对别人真实呢?换句话说,一个人所做最糟糕的一件事便是自欺。格言说:“所有的欺骗中最糟糕的是自欺。”