No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

  • -- Niccolò Machiavelli 尼科尔·马基雅维利

没有一项事业比在执行的时机成熟之前不被敌人发现更有可能成功。

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Driving with one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake is likely to get you nowhere, but certainly will burn out vital parts of your car. Similarly, cutting taxes on the middle class, but increasing them on the 'rich' is likely to result in an economic burnout.

一只脚踩油门,另一只脚踩刹车,这样的驾驶方式很可能会让你一事无成,但肯定会烧坏汽车的重要部件。同样,对中产阶级减税,但对“富人”增税可能会导致经济枯竭。

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.

他想,在追求高雅的事情上失败,总比在处理完全卑贱的事情上成功要强。

I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

我感兴趣的事实是,一个人越没有安全感,就越有可能产生极端的偏见。

Nothing succeeds like address.

地址最成功。