I have always thought that Machiavelli derives his bad name from a too transparent honesty. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
From some it derives a flavour which no culture or management can equal, it is supposed, upon any other. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
It is in the older and more characteristic English tradition from which the Declaration of Independence derives. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Each tradesman or artificer derives his subsistence from the employment, not of one, but of a hundred or a thousand different customers. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
It is the first act he notices, and he clearly derives pleasure from it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
This explanation derives a certain plausibility from the circumstance that 8000 is the ancient number of the Spartan citizens (Herod. 柏拉图.理想国.
Whoever derives his revenue from a fund which is his own, must draw it either from his labour, from his stock, or from his land. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Under the present system of management, therefore, Great Britain derives nothing but loss from the dominion which she assumes over her colonies. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The power of Spain and Portugal, on the contrary, derives some support from the taxes levied upon their colonies. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The revenue which the great body of the people derives from land is, in proportion, not to the rent, but to the produce of the land. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
And it can make no difference in this respect, whether he derives his information from books, or from conversation with men skilled in the science. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
A journeyman who works by the piece is likely to be industrious, because he derives a benefit from every exertion of his industry. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The importation of gold and silver is not the principal, much less the sole benefit, which a nation derives from its foreign trade. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The state, however, derives no inconsiderable advantage from their instruction. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
And what is the name which the city derives from the possession of this sort of knowledge? 柏拉图.理想国.
The city of Amsterdam derives a considerable revenue from the bank. 亚当·斯密.国富论.