Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct. By what a frugal man annually saves he not only affords maintenance to an additional number of productive hands...but...he establishes as it were a perpetual fund for the maintenance of an equal number in all times to come.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

资本因节俭而增加,因挥霍和不当行为而减少。一个节俭的人每年节省下来的钱,不仅能养活更多有生产力的人,而且……他把它当作一项永久的基金,以便在今后的任何时候保持人数相等。

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I had never, ever drunk beer in high school, and by the time I got to Tech we were having these parties out in the cotton fields and getting so drunk. I was the champion beer drinker; suddenly I was pouring it down my throat... Insane! Insane!

我在高中从来没有喝过啤酒,当我上技术课的时候,我们在棉花地里开派对,喝得酩酊大醉。我是啤酒冠军;突然,我把它倒进喉咙里……疯了!疯了!

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.

我的祖先在旷野迷路了四十年,因为即使在圣经时代,人们也不会停下来问路。