LEADER Cypris I mean, whose image is stationed o'er thy gate. HIPPOLYTUS I greet her from afar, preserving still my chastity. LEADER Yet is she an august goddess, far renowned on earth. HIPPOLYTUS 'Mongst gods as well as men we have our several preferences. LEADER I wish thee luck, and wisdom too, so far as thou dost need it. HIPPOLYTUS No god, whose worship craves the night, hath charms for me. LEADER My son, we should avail us of the gifts that gods confer. HIPPOLYTUS Go in, my faithful followers, and make ready food within the house; a well-filled board hath charms after the chase is o'er.英文原著 · 《Hippolytus》
LEADER OF THE CHORUS (speaking) O aged dame, faithful nurse of Phaedra, our queen, we see her sorry plight; but what it is that ails her we cannot discern, so fain would learn of thee and hear thy opinion. NURSE I question her, but am no wiser, for she will not answer. LEADER Nor tell what source these sorrows have? NURSE The same answer thou must take, for she is dumb on every point. LEADER How weak and wasted is her body! NURSE What marvel? 'tis three days now since she has tasted food. LEADER Is this infatuation, or an attempt to die?英文原著 · 《Hippolytus》
But never shall ye escape this rocky cave unpunished, ye worthless creatures; for will stand in the entrance of the cleft and fit my hands into it thus. (Staggering to the entrance) LEADER Why dost thou cry out, Cyclops? CYCLOPS I am undone. LEADER Thou art indeed a sorry sight. CYCLOPS Aye, and a sad one, too. LEADER Didst fall among the coals in a drunken fit? CYCLOPS Noman has undone me, LEADER Then there is no one hurting thee after all. CYCLOPS Noman is blinding me.英文原著 · 《THE CYCLOPS》
LEADER Then art thou not blind. CYCLOPS As blind as thou, forsooth. LEADER How, pray, could no man have made thee blind? CYCLOPS Thou mockest me; but where is this Noman? LEADER Nowhere, Cyclops. CYCLOPS It was the stranger, vile wretch! who proved my ruin, that thou mayst understand rightly, by swilling me with the liquor he gave me. LEADER Ah!英文原著 · 《THE CYCLOPS》
LEADER Here they are ranged in silence, taking the rock to screen them. CYCLOPS On which side? LEADER On thy right. CYCLOPS Where? LEADER Close against the rock. Hast caught them? CYCLOPS Trouble on trouble! I have run my skull against the rock and cracked it LEADER Aye, and they are escaping thee.英文原著 · 《THE CYCLOPS》
"Wurtemberg is an ambitious fellow. When we play he always wants to be the leader. Besides, he insists upon being called Monseigneur. I don't mind calling him Monseigneur, but I won't let him be leader. One day I invented a game, and I said to him: 'No, Monseigneur, you are not going to be the leader. I will be leader, for I invented the game, and Chabannes will be my lieutenant. You and the Count de Paris will be soldiers.' Paris was willing, but Wurtemberg walked away. He is an ambitious fellow."英文原著 · 《The Memoirs of Victor Hugo》
A leader that would sacrifice the physical and emotional well-being of his citizens, that would treat his people as pawns, just to stay in power? Well... that leader needs to be stopped.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
It's not easy being leader, And that's true of our current chip leader,美剧 · 《Lie to me》
They need a leader they can trust. and I'll bet someone's trying to convince them that leader is you.美剧 · 《Suits》
But the idea that Todd Krakow or anyone else but you here is a thought leader just because they've got a few dollars in their pocket is laughable!美剧 · 《Billions》