To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.

  • -- Niccolò Machiavelli 尼科尔·马基雅维利

要了解人民的本性,就必须是君主;要了解君主的本性,就必须是人民的本性。

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Happy and fortunate indeed would this nation be, nay, completely blessed, if it had good prelates and pastors, and but one prince, and that prince a good one.

如果这个国家只有一位王子,而且这位王子是位好王子,那么,不,如果这个国家只有一位好牧师,那么这个国家将是完全幸福和幸运的。

I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because I love it!

我写作是为了了解我的处境,理清现实的困惑,驱除内心的恶魔。但最重要的是,我写作是因为我爱它!

I don't understand what's going on, but I'll just pretend that I do.

我不明白发生了什么事,但我会假装知道。