In literature, the marvelous begins where explanation ends.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practising politicians.
过去是一个异国；他们在那里做事的方式不同。
The value or worth of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power.