It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

压抑最初的欲望要比满足随后的欲望容易得多。

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We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but in our heart of hearts we are well assured that the truth which has made us free, will in the end make us glad also.

我们只承认一个动机,那就是跟随我们所知道的真理,无论真理将我们带到何处;但在我们的内心深处,我们确信使我们自由的真理,最终也会使我们快乐。

I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the audience is far more difficult. It's a more subtle kind of challenge.

我总是觉得把自己描绘成不讨人喜欢的白痴更容易;要真正扮演一个讨人喜欢、吸引观众的角色,难度要大得多。这是一种更微妙的挑战。

Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself.

曾几何时,我的政治对手认为我拥有惊人的智力和经济实力,正是凭借这种实力,我独自制造了一场全球性的大萧条。

One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

一个人不妨试着骑两匹马向不同的方向运动,就像试着以同样的力量维持两种对立或矛盾的欲望。

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

勇气几乎是一种矛盾。它意味着一种强烈的求生欲望,表现为随时准备死去。

I wouldn't say I'm a political junkie. I follow it. I read a few articles every day.

我不会说我是个政治瘾君子。我跟随它。我每天读几篇文章。

I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand.

我试着让音乐更容易让他们理解。

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

最大的权力不是金钱,而是政治权力。