Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

伟大的抱负,对真正的优越性的渴望,对领导和指导的渴望,似乎完全是人类所特有的,而演讲是实现抱负的伟大工具。

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It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on.

某些所谓的波西米亚元素在我的作品中找到了一些东西,把他们独特的“垮一代”理论挂在上面,这并不是我的错。

If you do a person a favor, you'll be his superior; if he does one for you, his inferior; and if neither, you'll be his friend.

如果你帮了一个人的忙,你就是他的上司;如果他为你做了一件事,那是他的下等人;如果两者都不是,你就会成为他的朋友。

Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.

我们的文化特别推崇指责行为,认为这是美德和智慧的标志。

How shall I speak of Doom, and ours in special, But as of something altogether common?

我该怎样说末日呢?我们的末日是特别的,而我们的末日却是完全相同的呢?

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

不以任何形式的行动结束的谈话最好被完全压制。

At the end of the game the king and the pawn go into the same bag.

游戏结束时,国王和兵进入同一个袋子。