The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

卡车、易货交易和用一种东西交换另一种东西的倾向对所有人来说都是普遍的,在任何其他动物种族中都找不到这种倾向。

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Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.

常识是世界上分布得最均匀的东西,因为每个人都认为自己很有天赋,即使是那些在其他事情上最难满足的人,也没有比他们已经拥有的东西更渴望得到常识的习惯。

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.

我已经尽我所能地分析了……我没有发现任何可以指控的过错,因此辞职是不可接受的。

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction .

没有比在她管辖范围之外的案件中诉诸逻辑更常见、更愚蠢的错误了 。

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more  love.

我发现了一个悖论,如果你爱到受伤,就不会有更多的伤害,只有更多的爱。