A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
政治
Political
If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
如果你想要一个忠心的仆人，一个你喜欢的仆人，那就自己服侍自己吧。
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
如果你知道如何量入为出，你就有了“魔法石”。
And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.
内部化在这个国家被用作一种非常有效的政治工具。
With random urinalysis, there's a clear choice - either get high or go to jail.
通过随机尿检，有一个明确的选择——要么吸毒，要么坐牢。
The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.
政治舞台已经如此浮夸，不需要我再多说什么了。
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
压抑最初的欲望要比满足随后的欲望容易得多。
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
许多人以为他是在买快乐，其实他是在把自己卖给快乐。
You don't have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the water.
即使你不是政治天才，也能嗅出水中的血腥味。
I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don't want to enter politics.
作为这个国家的公民，我正在提高我的声音。我不想从政。
My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.
我的父亲是一位政治家，我是一位政治女性。我父亲是圣人，我不是。
While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.
当我享受我们温暖的月份时，冬天形成了我们的性格，展现了我们最好的一面。
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
建立良好的声誉需要很多好的行为，而只有一个坏的行为才能失去它。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?
谁像你自己那样经常欺骗你?
I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here with a vision of what it is we ought to be doing.
我在西部长大，在土地上长大，接受过地质学的教育。我带着我们应该做什么的愿景来到这里。
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。
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.
烦恼源于懒惰，烦恼源于不必要的安逸。
Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as achieving them. They live in a world of political make-believe in which everything from reconciling conflicting interests to paying for costly programs is easy.
候选人不必面对现实。他们谈论他们能完成的美妙的事情，好像提倡它们和实现它们是一样的。他们生活在一个政治虚幻的世界里，从调和利益冲突到为昂贵的项目买单，一切都很容易。
Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.
收益可能是暂时的和不确定的;可是，只要你活着，花销总是固定不变的，而且是确定无疑的。建造两个烟囱比把一个装进燃料里要容易得多。