True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

  • -- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿

真正的满足并不取决于我们拥有什么;浴缸对提奥奇尼斯来说够大了,但对亚历山大来说世界太小了。

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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.

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。

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。