To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

纳税与讨人喜悦,如同爱人与智慧,都不是给人的。

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The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters.

母亲必须使她的女儿社会化,使她服从于男人,如果她的女儿挑战父权规范,母亲很可能会保护父权结构不受她自己女儿的影响。

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

能力平庸的人有时会取得非凡的成功,因为他们不知道什么时候该放弃。大多数人成功是因为他们有决心。

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

当征收所得税时,正义的人会对同样的收入多缴一些,而不正义的人会少缴一些。

On issues relating to taxes, you don't always speak with one voice.

在与税收有关的问题上,你并不总是用一个声音说话。