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。

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

我们必须宣布他是幸运的,因为他在相当的繁荣中结束了自己的生命。

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

知足是人生在世最大的幸事。

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

有些美德只出现在苦难中,而另一些美德只出现在顺境中。