But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late.

  • -- Will Carleton 威尔·卡尔顿

但我学到了一两件事;我和命运一样清楚,当我们为了财富而锁住自己的生活时,金钥匙来得太晚了。

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One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

一个人的知识只局限于书本,而他的财富却掌握在别人的手中,当需要知识或财富时,他既不能使用知识,也不能使用财富。

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.

一个男人永远不会看到他母亲对他所做的一切,直到他想让她知道他看到的时候已经太晚了。

When I was younger I used to lock myself in the bathroom and read in the dry tub.

当我年轻的时候,我常常把自己锁在浴室里,在干燥的浴缸里读书。

All great wealth was inconsistent with common sense.

所有的巨额财富都与常识不符。