A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
政治
Political
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.
傻瓜习惯于诡计和背判的伎俩，他们没有足够的头脑去诚实待人。
The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.
当前秩序之友全面谴责一切政治投机。
Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.
事实上，欧元的缔造者将其视为促进政治联盟的工具。
It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke.
今天要严肃对待任何政治问题都很难，除非这是个笑话。
The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot.
事实上，我认识的大多数记者都不是特别政治化。他们经常搬家。
To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.
致富绝不要拿你的健康冒险。健康是财富中的财富，这是真理。
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
不管战争的政治原因是什么，其根本原因总是经济上的。
Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.
有时候，一个积极的政策最好是在合适的时间之前什么都不做，或者永远不做。
I'm floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians.
令我震惊的是，众议院领导层竟然对密西西比人创造就业机会置之不理。
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
一般来说，自从烹饪技术进步以来，人类所吃的食物是大自然所需要的两倍。
This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.
这个共和国是由伟大的政治学说建立、组织和维护的。
I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
我既不刻薄也不愤世嫉俗，但我确实希望政治思维不要那么不成熟。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
All political power is a trust.
所有的政治权力都是一种信任。
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
因此，让我们温柔而仁慈地珍惜知识的手段。让我们敢于读、想、说、写。
The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms.
地中海与北方或大西洋与中欧之间的交往从来不纯粹是经济或政治的;它还意味着知识和思想的交流以及社会制度、艺术和文学形式的影响。
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.
尽管我与圣人和英雄交谈得很多，但他们很少有我的爱和钦佩。我渴望乡村和家庭的景色，渴望鸟鸣和孩子们的闲聊。
He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
说得多的人大错特错。
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.
由于长命百岁，我经历过许多这样的事例:由于获得了更好的信息或更充分的考虑，我不得不改变自己的观点，甚至在一些重要的问题上也是如此。我曾经认为这些观点是正确的，但后来发现事实并非如此。