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Great leaders are almost alwaysgreat simplifiers.

偉大的領袖，幾乎無不擅長化繁為簡。

——美國前國務卿鮑成爾

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge ifyou think you look funny on a horse.

假如你覺得自己坐在馬上樣子古怪，就很難領導騎兵沖鋒陷陣。

——美國政治家阿德萊·史蒂文森

The person who knows "how" will alwayshave a job. The person who knows "why" willalways be his boss.

懂得“怎樣”的人，一定會找到工作；懂得“為什么”的人，則一定會是他的老板。

——美國前助理國務卿／教育學家拉維奇

Being powerful is like being a lady. If youhave to tell people you are, you aren't.

人之有權，一如女士之有修養。假如你得向人宣稱你“有”就等于沒有。

——英國前首相撒切爾夫人

Good leadership requires you to surroundyourself with people of diverse perspectiveswho can disagree with you without fear ofretaliation.

卓越的領導才能，在于網羅各有見地的下屬，即使他們和你意見不合，也不必擔心受懲罰。

——著名學者／作家，歷史學家著名學者多

莉絲·基恩斯·古德溫

It takes 20 years to build a reputation andfive minutes to ruin ito

If you think about that,you'll do things differently.

建立聲譽得耗時20年，毀掉則不過5分鐘。想到這一點，你做事的方式就會大不同。

——股神巴菲特

I married the first man I ever kissed.When I tell this to my children, they justabout throw up.

我親吻的第一個男人，就是我嫁的人。我把這個告訴兒女，他們聽了，幾乎作嘔。

——老布什夫人

Marriage is our last, best chance togrow up.

結婚是我們最后、也是最好的成長機會。

——18世紀著名眼科醫生約瑟夫·博斯

The critical period in matrimony is breakfasttime.

婚姻的危險期是在早餐的時候。

——英國國會議員／作家／法律改革者賀伯特

Only two things are necessary to keepone's wife happy. One is to let her think sheis having her own way the other, to let herhave it.

要讓妻子快樂，只須做兩件事：一是令她以為可以自作主張；二是讓她自作主張。

——美國第36任總統林登·約翰遜

When a husband brings his wife flowers forno reason, there's a reason.

丈夫無故送花給妻子，必有原因。

——美國電臺節目主持莫莉·麥基

Men always want to be a woman's firstlove ... Women have a more subtle instinct...What

[they]

like is to be a man's

lastromance.

男人總想當女人初戀的情人；女人的本能較為微妙，她們想成為男人最后一個浪漫的對象。

——愛爾蘭詩人／劇作家奧斯卡·王爾德

The most dangerous food is wedding cake。

最危險的食物就是結婚蛋糕。

——作家／漫畫家詹姆斯·格羅弗

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