Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money. It doesn't appear to belong to anyone. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.

  • -- Calvin Coolidge 卡尔文·柯立芝

没有什么比公共开支更容易的了。它似乎不属于任何人。把它送给别人的诱惑是压倒性的。

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We sometimes confuse the feeling of temptation with that of giving into temptation. The danger here is that sometimes, feeling that we have allowed ourselves to fall, we despair of ourselves and allow ourselves to fall further.

我们有时会混淆诱惑和屈服于诱惑的感觉。这里的危险在于,有时,我们觉得自己让自己堕落了,我们对自己绝望,让自己进一步堕落。

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

小心小开销。小洞沉大船。

Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

屈服于诱惑。它可能不会再经过你的身边。