A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
政治
Political
My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.
我下班后的计划是起床，用第一天的时间帮助我妻子搬进她的新参议员办公室。
I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.
我相信我有权利把我的前政治生活看作是可以观察和判断的禁区。
People didn't vote left or right in the election. They voted for putting an end to all the primitive political history.
人们在选举中没有投左票或右票。他们投票赞成结束所有原始的政治史。
I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.
我从未见过一部小说，尽管根据作者的政治观点进行了改编，但仍能写得很好。
I believe that there are certain things that could be taken care of that you don't need a strong political background in.
我相信有些事情是可以处理的，你不需要很强的政治背景。
I'm not really a political satirist. I don't kid myself. I'm more interested in doing the mannerisms and the personality.
我不是一个真正的政治讽刺作家。我不骗自己。我更感兴趣的是行为举止和性格。
I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make.
我希望我所唱的和我如何与我的观众产生共鸣是我需要做的政治声明。
No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.
无论是左派还是右派，我们都需要一个声音站出来捍卫动物权利。
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
一个年轻人要想出人头地，就要尽其所能地提高自己，不要怀疑有人想要妨碍他。
It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.
是别人的眼睛毁了我们。如果我是瞎子，我既不要漂亮的衣服、漂亮的房子，也不要漂亮的家具。
All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.
所有的战争都会结束，至少是暂时的。但国家获得的权力依然存在;政治权力永不退让。
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
由于权力腐败，社会对道德权威和品格的要求随着职位的重要性增加而增加。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience.
没有开玩笑。这是真的。你用这个来支付自己的账单。这不是一次愉快的经历。
If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
如果你想要很多东西，很多东西看起来就会很少。
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。
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.
金钱从来不会使人幸福，将来也不会。从本质上讲，没有什么能产生幸福。一个人拥有的越多，他想要的就越多。
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。
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。