To be acquainted with the merit of ministry, we need only observe the condition of the people. (Junius, Unidentified letter writer)

要了解政府的政绩只需要观察民情。(国籍不明书信代理人 朱尼厄斯)

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasure, we must go to those who are seeking it :the pains of power is real, its pleasures imaginary. (C.Colton Charles, British churchman)

欲知权力带来的痛苦，去问那些当权者;欲知权力带来的乐趣，去问那些追逐权势者：权力带来的痛苦是真实的，而权力带来的乐趣只不过是凭空想象的。(英国牧师 查尔斯.C.C.)

Too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. (Oliver Goldsimith, British poet)

过分喜欢权力就会不择手段。(英国诗人 哥尔德斯密斯.O.)

We need in politics man who have something to give, not men who have something to get. (Bernard Baruch, Averican economist)

在政治中我们需要能有所奉献的人，而不是想有所收获的人。(美国经济学家 巴鲁克.B.)

Absence to love is what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small; it inflames the great. (Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, French writer)

离别之于爱情好比风之于火，它能将小火熄灭，使大火熊熊燃烧。(法国作家 比西-拉比旦.R.)

Every man is a poet when he is in love. (Plato ancient Creek philosopher)