A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and ten. It is at this age, when he would be too old to be a clerk or a gardener or a police-court magistrate, that he is ripe to govern a country.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

一个人四十岁时是政治家,七十岁时是政治家。正是在这个年龄,当他老到不能当书记官、园丁或治安法官的时候,他治理国家的时机就成熟了。

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Man is brilliant at solving problems; but solving them only makes him the victim of his own childishness and laziness. It is this recognition that has made almost every major philosopher in history a pessimist.

人类善于解决问题;但解决这些问题只会让他成为自己幼稚和懒惰的牺牲品。正是这种认识使历史上几乎每一位主要哲学家都成为悲观主义者。

This man had something to hide, some shame in his past, and those with a past can always be bought.

这个人有一些东西要隐藏,他过去的一些耻辱,那些有过去的东西总是可以买到的。