すべての人をしばらくの間だますことは出来る。また幾人かの人をずっとだましておくことも出来る。しかし、すべての人をずっと騙しとおすことはできない。

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English Translation

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time; but you cannot fool all the people all of the time.

Furigana

すべての人(ひと)をしばらくの間(かん)だますことは出来(でき)る。また幾(いく)人(にん)かの人(ひと)をずっとだましておくことも出来(でき)る。しかし、すべての人(ひと)をずっと騙(だま)しとおすことはできない。

Romanji

Subete no hito o shibaraku no kan damasu koto wa dekiru. mata iku nin ka no hito o zutto damashiteoku koto mo dekiru. shikashi, subete no hito o zutto damashi tōsu koto wa dekinai.

Words

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

暫く (しばらく、しゅゆ、すゆ)

little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; it's been a long time

間 (かん)

interval; period of time; among; between; inter-

騙す (だます)

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

幾 (いく)

some; several; many; how many?; how much?

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

然し (しかし)

however; but

通す (とおす)

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass; to allow through; to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; to go through (a middleman); to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.); to pass (a law, applicant, etc.); to force to accept; to force agreement; to continue (in a state); to persist in; to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...; to do from beginning to end without a break; to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party; to do to the end; to carry through; to complete