The true ruler is the person who both acts on his own interest and of course knows what those interests are.

真正的统治者,仅干对自身有利的事,而且知道有哪些利益对他有好处。

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The true ruler," he says "is one who is like a shepherd with a flock, but he rules not for the benefit of the flock but, of course, for his own interests, " the good of the shepherd."

他说：，“真正的统治者,是牧者，但规则不是要造福牲畜,而是他自身的利益，对牧者要有好处“

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