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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

  • -- John Adams 约翰·亚当斯

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。

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I can hardly think of an occasion when I've got into a stand-up fight with any political opponent. I've got my views, people know what they are, they can agree or they can choose to disagree. I'm not going to waste time just rubbishing everybody else.

我几乎想不出有什么场合我曾与任何政治对手进行过单打独斗。我有我的观点，人们知道他们是什么，他们可以同意或者选择不同意。我不会把时间浪费在诋毁别人上。

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How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together.

恐惧是如何产生的?他们的诞生是由于传统和历史的差异;他们的出生是由于情感、政治和国家环境的差异。由于这些差异，人们担心他们不能生活在一起。

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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

我大胆地追求知识，从不害怕遵循真理和理性，无论它们导致什么结果，并承担一切阻碍他们的权威。

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Style, personality - deliberately adopted and therefore a mask - is the only escape from the hot-faced bargainers and money-changers.

风格、个性——故意采用的，因此是一个面具——是逃离那些暴躁的讨价还价者和货币兑换者的唯一方法。

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It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice.

如果每个角色都用同样的声音说话，对一个没有经验的作家来说，这简直是天经地义。

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You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

你不能打别人的头来领导别人——那是攻击，不是领导。

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