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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

王室是个有趣的想法。它把主权的骄傲降低到微不足道的生活水平。

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At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior.

在最好的情况下，娱乐将成为一种主观的东西，并不是每个人都能赢，而在最坏的情况下，一款特定的游戏只是成为一种随机的象征，象征着琐碎的部落行为。

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There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne.

这不是什么秘密。每个人都知道我在等待我真正的父母，国王和王后，来恢复我合法的王位。

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I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

我听腻了这里的一百万美元，那里的一百万美元，太琐碎了。

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If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.

如果说大西洋彼岸的意识形态是一种骄傲，那么在这里，它正在传递商品。

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A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it.

一个人可以用刺刀为自己建造一个宝座，但他不能坐在上面。

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And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.

他在玫瑰花坛的荆棘丛中忏悔。

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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

宝座只不过是一条铺着天鹅绒的长凳。

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Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

骄傲是愚昧人永不止息的恶。

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