One day, Alexander the Great, conqueror of half the civilized world, saw Diogenes sitting in his tub in the sunshine.

一天，征服了半个文明世界的亚历山大大帝看见提奥奇尼斯坐在大坛里晒太阳。

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Overnight, Germany will lose its status as a conqueror on world markets. Its enormous trade surplus, the source of its prosperity, would quickly vanish.

一夜之间，德国就会丧失在全球市场呼风唤雨的地位，该国繁荣赖以存在的庞大贸易顺差将会迅速消失殆尽。

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One day, Alexander the GREat, conqueror of half the civilized world, saw Diogenes sitting in this tub in the sunshine.

一天，征服了半个文明世界的亚历山大大帝看见提奥奇尼斯坐在大坛里晒太阳。

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But who knows what the world would look like today if our hero had become known as William the Whiner instead of William the Conqueror?

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