In the past, everyone desired to have an "emperor's fate," but in today's democratic age the powers of rulers and presidents tend to be outweighed by their responsibilities; their lives are far less free and easy than ordinary people's!
再如「皇帝命」，以前是人人求之不得，但現在民主時代，不管是立憲國家的君主、民選的總統，總是義務多於權利，遠不及一般人優游逍遙呢。