Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.

  • -- Felix Adler 费利克斯·阿德勒

如果个人美德的根病了,公共廉洁的果实就必然腐败。

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There are certainly valid reasons for taking a company private, and it's also possible that C.E.O.s perform better when monitored by a small number of owners in a private company rather than by the dispersed and often uninterested shareholders of a public corporation.

将一家公司私有化当然有合理的理由,也有可能是首席执行官在私营公司的少数股东而不是上市公司分散的、通常不感兴趣的股东的监督下,公司的表现会更好。

They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.

他们说我腐败、轻浮。我没有任何特权。也许唯一的特权就是我的脸。和腐败?上帝!如果我腐败的话,我就不会是这个样子。一些丑陋的东西会落在我的身上。

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.

现在我是一棵老圣诞树,它的根已经死了。它们就这样出现了,当小针从我身上掉下来的时候,把它们换成大奖章。

What the actor is in private life, he is to a large extent on the stage, because he cannot conceal himself and his true personality from his audience.

演员在私生活中,很大程度上是在舞台上,因为他无法向观众隐藏自己和真实的性格。

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

权力不会腐化人;然而,愚蠢的人,如果他们进入了一个权力的位置,腐败的权力。

I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.

我的意思是,真正的文化根源是民间音乐。