Men who are engaged in public life must necessarily aim at reducing opposition to a minimum, and one of the most obvious means to that end is by misrepresenting, discrediting or ruining their opponents.

  • -- Frederick Scott Oliver 弗雷德里克·斯科特·奥利弗

从事公共生活的人必须把反对降到最低限度,而达到这一目的最明显的手段之一就是歪曲、诋毁或毁灭他们的对手。

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This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation.

这种作为私营公司的坚持之所以继续下去,是因为它确保了拥有巨大公共权力的人享有最大程度的匿名和保密,这些人害怕公众知道他们的活动是一种罪恶,几乎和通货膨胀一样严重。

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.

人若不作愚妄人,就永远找不到智慧。唉,作家在公众面前必须是傻瓜,而其他人可以掩盖自己的踪迹。

It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

当一个人最终把自己视为唯一的对手时,这才是真正的奇迹。

To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.

躲在一个男人的大厅门后面是卑鄙、懦弱、不公平的反对。