Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

要使一个国家从最低的野蛮状态发展到最富裕的状态,除了和平、轻松的税收和可容忍的司法制度之外,没有什么别的必要条件:其余的一切都是由事物的自然进程所带来的。

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I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun.

我想成为一名建筑师。我毕业时获得了建筑学学位,并获得奖学金回到普林斯顿大学获得建筑学硕士学位。我在大学里演过戏剧,但我演是因为它很有趣。

I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.

我大学时学的是喜剧,但我的专业是娱乐管理——这意味着我不会找到一份真正的工作——所以我开始做一些单口相声。

Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama

回溯到野蛮和文明时代,在所有语言中,我们都能从模仿行为中找到这种本能的快乐,而这正是所有戏剧的精髓所在

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

每一件秘密的事都会堕落,甚至司法也会堕落;没有一件事是安全的,它不能表明它如何能够忍受讨论和宣传。

Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.

每四五百年就需要野蛮一次,才能使世界恢复生机。否则它就会死于文明。

Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.

虽然我没有商科学位,但我喜欢学习经济学。