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The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

同样的野心既能毁灭也能拯救，既能造就无赖也能造就爱国者。

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To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts.

写规则的诗破坏了无数美好的可能性，但同时也暗示了许多遥远的、完全出乎意料的想法。

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A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.

他说任何爱国者都不应该在战争结束前攻击战争……是说没有好儿子应该警告他的母亲悬崖，直到她倒下。

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You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.

你可以保持你的美丽和健康，除非你自己毁了它们，或者不鼓励它们和你在一起，因为你不好地利用它们。

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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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He is no small knave who knows a great one.

认识大人物的人不是小流氓。

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The more knave, the better luck.

无赖越多，运气越好。

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