Unlike the candles in my drawer, who get used or not used depending on my whims, we control our own thoughts, and how brightly we will burn or dimly we will shine.

与在抽屉里等着别人一时的兴致来决定是否被点燃的蜡烛不同，我们可以决定自己的思想，决定自己能够发光发亮还是黯淡无光。

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If a country's entrepreneurial fires burn dimly, wholesale liberalisation will not light them it may indeed snuff them out.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus