We love quotes from famous dead people. Words just sound more important when they’re coming from the mouths of important historical figures. And when we need that extra dash of moral authority, Mahatma Gandhi is one of the most quotable. But as Gandhi once said, 「Half my quotes on Pinterest are fake.」
我們都愛引用已故名人所說過的話。歷史名人嘴裡說出來的話聽起來更有分量。當我們需要多一些道德上的權威，聖雄甘地是被引用最多的一個。但正如甘地本人所說，「Pinterest（以圖片展示和分享而聞名的社交媒體網站）上有一半引用我說的話都是假的。」
Below we have seven quotes that you may have seen attributed to Gandhi on social media recently. But they’re all fake.
以下是最近你能在社交媒體上看到宣稱是來自甘地的7個名言（其實不然）。
1. Be the change you wish to see in the world.
要想改變世界，就先改變自己。
This is perhaps the most famous fake Gandhi quote on the internet. But there’s no evidence he actually said those exact words. The New York Times pointed out in 2011 that the quote is conveniently short enough to fit on a bumper sticker, but it’s merely paraphrasing something Gandhi actually said.
這或許是網絡上最為人所知的甘地的偽名言。而事實上並沒有證據表明甘地確實說了這句話。《紐約時報》曾在2011年時指出，這句引言簡短精煉剛好能貼在汽車保險槓的貼紙上，但這僅是轉述甘地曾經說過的話。
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