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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Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning of the soul.

正如人们一再证明的那样,幸福、满足、健康和灵魂的成长,都取决于一个简单的问题,取决于灵魂的某个单一的转向。

One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

一个人要么悲伤,要么快乐。满足是吃东西和睡觉的人的温暖猪圈。

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.

顺境时要慷慨,逆境时要感恩。

No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity.

从来没有一个国家通过征税来实现繁荣。