It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

我们期待我们的晚餐不是来自屠夫、酿酒师或面包师的仁慈,而是来自他们对自己利益的关心。

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Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

光有仁不能成才,光有学也不能成才。教学的天赋是一种特殊的才能,它暗示着教师自身的一种需要和渴望。

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.

我所有的照片都是围绕着陷入困境的想法而创作的,所以给了我一个机会,让我在努力表现成一个正常的小绅士的过程中,表现得极其严肃。

Show interest in all people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.

对所有人都表现出兴趣,而不仅仅是那些你想从他们那里得到什么的人。让人们觉得自己很重要,自我感觉良好,这是正确的做法。

European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline.

欧洲公民希望在欧盟内部和欧元内部也有一个公平的体系,这就是为什么我们必须有相当严格的纪律。

People - especially white people - they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead. The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me.

人们——尤其是白人——因为我的生活方式,他们希望我成为一个榜样。我在歌中所说的一切,他们都期待着我。

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

任何改变都遭到抵制,因为官僚们在他们所处的混乱中有着既得利益。

Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

每次我们相爱,每次我们付出,都是圣诞节。