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Wealth is not without its advantages, and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.

  • -- John Kenneth Galbraith 加尔布雷思

财富并非没有它的优点，相反的情况，虽然它经常被提出，但从来没有被证明具有广泛的说服力。

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Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.

钱是独一无二的东西。它和爱一样，是人类最大的快乐源泉。而死亡是他最大的焦虑来源。纵观历史，它以两种方式压迫着几乎所有的人:要么是资源丰富但极不可靠，要么是可靠而稀缺。

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I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

我知道向我炫耀财富的人，就像向我炫耀贫穷的乞丐;他们都在向我乞求施舍，富人向我的嫉妒乞求施舍，穷人向我的罪恶乞求施舍。

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The Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land.

万能的美元，这一伟大的目标，我们的土地上的普遍奉献。

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All great wealth was inconsistent with common sense.

所有的巨额财富都与常识不符。

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