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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A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.

一个政治家的话所揭示的，与其说是他对他的主题的看法，不如说是他对他的听众的看法。

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

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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A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot.

一个政治家为了保住他的工作什么都愿意做——甚至成为一个爱国者。

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

政治家的首要条件是要有头脑。

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