In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

实际上,是追随,而不是强迫公众的意愿;立法的真正目的是为社会的普遍意识指明方向、提供形式、提供技术服装和给予具体的制裁。

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There is an endless net of threads throughout the universe... At every crossing of the threads there is an individual. And every individual is a crystal bead. And every crystal bead reflects Not only the light from every other crystal in the net But also every other reflection Throughout the entire universe.

宇宙中有无数的丝线…… 每条线的交叉处都有一个独立的点。 每个人都是一颗水晶珠。 每颗水晶珠都会反射 不仅是网中其他晶体发出的光 还有其他的反射 整个宇宙。

That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.

这一直是我的倾向,在另一个剧本完成之前就开始一个新的剧本,因为如果那个剧本被毁了,至少你还有东西可以回去看。

There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed.

曾经有一段时间,雇主和雇员之间的合同关系被认为与公众无关。那段时间已经过去了。

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion.

普通意义上的宣传在消费社会中扮演着不那么重要的角色,在这个社会中,人们对所有官方声明都持怀疑态度。

Just as the evil inclination causes evil to seem attractive to us, it causes good to seem repulsive to us.

正如恶的倾向使恶对我们有吸引力,它也使善对我们有排斥性。

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.

金钱就像第六感,没有它,你就不能充分利用其他五种感官。

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

公众非常宽容。它宽恕一切,除了天才。

I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned.

我在百老汇社区有一个只能靠自己努力争取的位置。