Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.

  • -- Arthur Koestler 亚瑟·考斯特勒

在历史的呼吸空间里,政治可以相对公平;在其关键的转折点上,除了旧的规则外,没有其他规则是可能的,即目的证明手段是正当的。

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Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.

说话是大多数人的工作内容。他们忘记了思考和呼吸,而是试图用声音占据空间。

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

对于诗人来说,最重要的是尽可能少写。

I have been in my fair share of both onscreen and off screen fights.

我已经在我的公平份额,无论是屏幕上和屏幕下的战斗。

He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before accusation.

在控告以先为自己辩解的,便是宣告自己有罪。

I have never subscribed to the Dirty Pallet school of painting.

我从来没有订阅过那种肮脏的画派。

I like to be a very fair person.

我喜欢做一个非常公正的人。

Anything's possible in politics.

政治上什么都有可能。