A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

保持的性格和改进的能力,综合起来,将是我作为一个政治家的标准。

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Certainly, anyone whom I've witnessed, who has gone through something horrible and life-changing, has a sense of ironic humor, or an ability to look at the peculiarities of the world and find humor in it.

当然,我所见过的任何一个人,经历过可怕的事情,经历过改变人生的事情,都有一种讽刺的幽默感,或者一种观察世界的特性并从中发现幽默的能力。

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.

我认为在这样的时刻,诗人最好保持沉默,因为事实上我们没有能力纠正政治家的错误。

A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.

标准的国际语言不仅要简单、规范、有逻辑,而且要丰富、有创造性。

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.

知道如何从好的建议中获益,与知道如何为自己而行动,同样需要能力。

The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.

政治家要想成为年长的政治家,最快的方法就是在选举中失败。

Thus, the standard library will serve as both a tool and as a teacher.

因此,标准库既可以作为工具,也可以作为教师。