People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

  • -- George Adam Smith 史密夫

同行的人很少聚在一起,即使是为了娱乐和消遣,但谈话的结局却是一场针对公众的阴谋,或者是某种提高物价的阴谋。

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I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.

我认为,一旦你进入公众视野,无论你是老板、老师还是其他什么人,你都会自然而然地成为榜样。你有很多人崇拜你,所以你是否选择接受它是一个不同的问题。

But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.

但一开始,我就很清楚,具体的诗歌特别适合在公共场合使用。这是我的主意,但当然我从来没有真正有机会这么做。

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

在任何国家,谁控制了货币的数量,谁就是所有工商业的绝对主人。