Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

要使一个国家从最低的野蛮状态发展到最富裕的状态,除了和平、轻松的税收和可容忍的司法制度之外,没有什么别的必要条件:其余的一切都是由事物的自然进程所带来的。

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For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against region, and people against people will have no place in my Administration.

就我个人而言,我向你们所有人作出这样的承诺:分裂的政治、东方与西方的对立、城市与农村的对立、地区与地区的对立、人民与人民的对立,在我的行政管理中都没有立足之地。

I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.

我大学时学的是喜剧,但我的专业是娱乐管理——这意味着我不会找到一份真正的工作——所以我开始做一些单口相声。

Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.

每四五百年就需要野蛮一次,才能使世界恢复生机。否则它就会死于文明。

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

在像战争这样的野蛮文明中,有许多事情必须做。

Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements.

你的生活在你遵守约定的程度上起作用。

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

一个人爱到什么程度就原谅什么程度。