When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

当一种新的税收来源被发现时,实际上并不意味着旧的税收来源被抛弃。这仅仅意味着政客们有两种方式榨取纳税人的钱,而以前他们只有一种。

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I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in a poetic style, but in the course of their book abandon it for realism, and weave back and forth like drunkards between the surreal and the real.

我永远不会写现实主义散文。我不喜欢那些试图以诗歌风格写作的人,但在他们的书中,他们放弃了这种风格,转而追求现实主义,像醉汉一样在超现实与真实之间来回穿梭。

It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.

儿童是人的独特性和创造性的源泉,游乐场是展示其能力和才能的最佳环境。

So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop.

所以,练习吧,尤其是在你找到工作之后,任何一种工作,比如在四人乐队演奏,那都是……一个发展的机会。

A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: Either he abandons all earthly interests or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.

一个博学的人有两种幸福的来源:要么他放弃一切世俗的兴趣,要么他拥有许多可以放弃的东西。

When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed.

当一个社会仅仅因为大多数人无法实现自己的理想而放弃自己的理想时,行为确实会变得非常丑陋。

Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.

反物质对我们来说不是能量的来源,它是一种储存能量的方法,紧凑但效率低下。

At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.

我终于认识到,在革命中,最高的权力属于那些最被抛弃的人。

Practice puts brains in your muscles.

练习使大脑进入肌肉。