The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

整个文明史充满了信条和制度,这些信条和制度最初是无价的,后来却致命。

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It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.

这不仅是因为个人对领导人的诚信失去了信心,还因为他们不再相信社会上最强大的机构在为他们的利益行事。

I am at war... with the principal personage of traditional philosophy, that abstract subject who masquerades as everyone and anyone, but is really a male subject in disguise.

我在打仗……以传统哲学的主要人物为代表,那个抽象的主体假扮成每个人和任何人,但实际上是一个伪装的男性主体。

The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.

欧盟应该专注于适应全球化和全球竞争力,而不是在布鲁塞尔建立更强大的中央机构。

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

战争的艺术很简单。找出你的敌人在哪里。尽快找到他。尽你所能地打击他,然后继续前进。

Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying.

病人报告说,他们的迷幻疗程是一种宝贵的濒死体验训练。

The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.

军方想要一个保护其政策和特权的体系。

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

结束战争的最快方法是输掉战争。