And certain it is, that nothing destroyeth authority so much, as the unequal and untimely interchange of power pressed too far, and relaxed too much.
可以肯定,没有什么比权力时而压迫过度、时而放纵过度,并且转换失衡失时,更能摧毁权威。
— Francis Bacon · Essays · Of Empire —
And certain it is, that nothing destroyeth authority so much, as the unequal and untimely interchange of power pressed too far, and relaxed too much.
可以肯定,没有什么比权力时而压迫过度、时而放纵过度,并且转换失衡失时,更能摧毁权威。