An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members.

  • -- Friedrich List 李斯特

个人在维护自己的利益时,可能损害社会公共利益;一个国家在促进一般福利时,可以检查其部分成员的利益。

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What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.

这个国家所需要的——每个国家偶尔都需要的——是一场好的、艰苦的、血腥的战争,以重振爱国主义的恶习。

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

对他人的想法和行为感兴趣往往是一种比表扬更有力的鼓励形式。

The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school.

划定罚球区的线条是公立学校操场上的耻辱。

And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.

通过无休止地净化我们的感情,我们实际上养活了一个心怀不满的国家。

You can certainly keep a low public profile if you want to.

如果你愿意,你当然可以保持低调。

I didn't have any interest in traditional art.

我对传统艺术没有任何兴趣。