The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be, for when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.

  • -- Adelaide Anne Procter 阿德莱德·安妮·普鲁克特

男人对某些关于女人的猜测感到十分惊恐;也许是这样,因为当马和驴开始思考和争论时,就告别了骑马和驾车。

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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

现实政治的全部目的是通过无穷无尽的妖怪(全都是虚构的)威胁民众,让他们保持警惕(因此,他们大声疾呼,希望被带到安全的地方)。

Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue.

晚上为女工提供工作场所是一个公平的问题,现在妇女在她们的家庭收入中占很大比例,这是一个家庭问题。

The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.

当前秩序之友全面谴责一切政治投机。

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

你可以从一个国家男人背后的女人看出这个国家的力量。