Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

公司:一种不需个人承担责任而获取利润的巧妙手段。

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When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is delicious to me. But it is not the chirp that makes me happy, but I that make it sweet.

当我不开心的时候,我听到了一场歌剧……那仿佛是风的尖叫;当我快乐的时候,麻雀的啁啾对我来说是美味的。但使我快乐的不是啁啾,而是我使它甜蜜。

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

虽然竞争法则有时对个人来说很难,但对种族来说却是最好的,因为它确保了适者生存。

I like A&E. I like those corny intimate-portrait things. They're so kind of ingenious and artificial and soothing.

我喜欢急救。我喜欢那些老掉牙的亲密画像。它们是如此的巧妙,人工和抚慰。

I am astonished and surprised that someone could consider making a film about me without talking to me about it.

我很惊讶,居然有人可以不跟我说就考虑拍一部关于我的电影。

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

只有当有钱的阶层认为他们能从中获利时,才会发生对外国的战争。

To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.

对恋爱中的人来说,个人的价值是凭直觉就能知道的。爱情的使命不需要逻辑。

My dogs are a priority and a big responsibility... but the payoffs are well worth it.

我的狗是一个优先事项和一个重大的责任…但回报是值得的。

If music leaves any impression at all, it does so without regard to stylistic issues.

如果音乐能给人留下任何印象,那么这与音乐的风格无关。

Hold back some goods for a thousand days and you will be sure to sell at a profit.

保留一些货物一千天后,你一定能卖出好货。

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

一个人:一个巧妙的组装便携式管道。

The most efficient labor-saving device is still money.

最有效的节省劳力的方法还是钱。

I'm a man without a corporation.

我是一个没有公司的人。