There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

  • -- Vladimir Lenin 弗拉基米尔·列宁

政治中没有道德;只有权宜之计。一个恶棍可能对我们有用,因为他是一个恶棍。

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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.

正如我将要远航的时候选择我的船,我将要居住的时候选择我的房子一样,我将要离开生命的时候选择我的死。

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

每个人,在他自己看来,都是道德常规的例外。

If you build up the soil with organic material, the plants will do just fine.

如果你用有机材料培植土壤,植物就会生长得很好。

He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist.

他把侯爵的风度和卫理公会教徒的道德结合起来。