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

  • -- Earl Wilson 威尔森伯爵

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。

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It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of private conduct.

诚然,就政治家的职业品质而言,他并不总是,甚至常常符合最受认可的私人行为模式。

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。

I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.

我想扮演一个面带微笑的虚伪政客很容易;玩的时候也很开心。

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

政治家的首要条件是要有头脑。