The strength of a nation's institutions is not just in their formal rules, but in the informal norms that govern behavior and the degree to which they are internalized by the population.
解释:想要变得刚强,必定先要保持柔和;想要变得强大,一定先要保持弱小。
释义:即使官员清廉如水,也很难避免手下那些圆滑狡猾的属下所带来的麻烦或阻碍。