Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature: and yet they are the fittest timber,to make great politics of: like to knee timber,that is good for ships that are ordained to be tossed; but not for building houses,that shall stand firm.
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- 这样的心性正是人性底溃疡,然而他们却正是造大政客的材料;他们就如同曲木一样,造船最好,船是天生要颠簸的,但是这种木材却不适于造房屋,房屋是要站得牢的。