To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.

  • -- Tryon Edwards 特赖恩·爱德华兹

为别人的富裕而高兴,就是满足于自己的命运;减轻别人的悲伤就是减轻或驱散自己的悲伤。

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There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

没有一种紧缩等于平衡的思想,也没有一种幸福等于满足;没有一种疾病比得上贪婪,也没有一种美德比得上仁慈。

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

真正的满足和农业一样活跃。它是一种力量,可以使你摆脱任何困境。这是艰巨的,也是罕见的。

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

一个人只有尝过苦难之后,才会体会到成功的滋味。

Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want.

成功更多地取决于你想要什么,而不是拥有你想要的。