A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

  • -- Otto von Bismarck 奥托·冯·俾斯麦

一个政治家……你要等他听见神的脚步经过,就跳起来,抓住他的衣襟。

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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

保持的性格和改进的能力,综合起来,将是我作为一个政治家的标准。

The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.

十项全能包括十个单独的项目,它们都很重要。你不能只做其中一个。

God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.

神听不到,正如心说不出来;心若哑了,神必要聋了。

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

如果你从来没有扔雪球的冲动,衰老的过程就会牢牢地把你抓在手中。

Even if we encounter some shameful events in the past, we shouldn't avoid or hide them.

即使我们在过去遇到过一些可耻的事情,我们也不应该逃避或隐藏它们。

Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

有时候,你需要数年的时间才能真正理解你的生活到底发生了什么。

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

政治家的首要条件是要有头脑。