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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Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to.

剧本创作进入你的血液,你无法阻止它。至少在制片人或公众告诉你之前不会。

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。

The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school.

划定罚球区的线条是公立学校操场上的耻辱。