One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

  • -- Napoleon Bonaparte 拿破仑·波拿巴

一个人永远不应该禁止他没有能力阻止的事情。

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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.

我认为这是可怕的,人们必须被告知。不要吸烟!每个人都知道它对健康有害。但他们不得不禁止。

Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.

生活是美好的,但它缺少形式。这是艺术的目的,给它一些。

There's nothing worse than a leader who lacks ambition.

没有什么比一个缺乏野心的领导者更糟糕的了。