The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

  • -- William Cobbett 威廉·科贝特

这就是新闻界的雇工,他们的工作就是鼓舞人民的精神。他们说了那么长时间的谎话,耍了那么多花招,最后他们的预算似乎是完全空了。

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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.

未来奖励那些坚持下去的人。我没有时间为自己感到难过。我没有时间抱怨。我要继续。

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

你的忠告仍然是真的,这还不够;直率的事实比善意的谎言更有害。

There are members of the London press who seek to antagonise me, deliberately.

伦敦的报界有些人故意与我作对。