No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.

  • -- Robert Walpole 罗伯特·沃波尔

除了议会批准和提供的费用外,没有发生任何费用。

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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.

一个有影响力的国会议员不仅要花很多钱才能成为这样的人,而且要付出时间和精力,他还必须牺牲自己的思想——至少在思想的所有特点中,最原始和最属于他自己的部分。

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

仅仅节俭不是经济。在真正的经济中,开支,以及巨额开支,可能是一个必不可少的部分。

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

议会就是由多少闲散的人组成的一个大会议。

I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.

我要把钱花在教育上,而不是花在其他项目上。