The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.
每个个体改善自身状况的自然努力,当在自由和安全的情况下得以发挥时,是如此强大,以至于它不仅能够独自,不受任何协助,推动社会走向富裕和繁荣,而且能够克服往往由愚蠢的人类法律造成的百般妨碍。
The best films are those that stay with you long after you've left the cinema.
成功不是靠运气,而是靠努力、决心和从失败中学习。
只有在梦想中,人才能真正自由。从来如此也将永远如此。
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between sexes.
颠倒,永远颠倒:把情况或问题颠倒过来。倒过来看。
The quality of institutions is the key determinant of a country's success or failure.
真相很少是纯粹的,也从来不简单。