In the 18th-century idea, a man was expected above all to be pleasant and pleasing, and so it was better for a man to lie rather say anything which might offend.
就18世紀的觀念，男人被特別期待要和藹可親，以及取悅人心，所以寧願要一個男人說謊，也不要冒險說出一些可能冒犯的話。