The state is the most important institution in human history.
国家是人类历史上最重要的制度。
传统哲学家的争论大多既无根据又无果。
除非绝对必要，否则不要改变你的创作。如果确实需要改变，那就简单些。
We usually see only the things we are looking for- so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.
侦探小说是高尚心灵的正常消遣。
The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.