The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.

-- Epicurus 伊壁鸠鲁

自然所需的财富有限，容易获得;但是，虚荣的理想所需要的财富是无限的。

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Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author's phrase, makes use of his expressions, erases a false idea, and replaces it with the right idea.

改进的想法。词汇的意义也参与了这一过程。剽窃是必要的。进步意味着它。它包含作者的短语，利用他的表达，消除错误的想法，并用正确的想法取代它。

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I had some hesitations about philosophy because, if you worked out a philosophical theory, it was hard to know whether you were going to be able to prove it or whether other theories had just as good a claim on belief.

我对哲学有些犹豫，因为，如果你提出一个哲学理论，你很难知道你是否能够证明它，或者其他理论是否有同样好的信仰主张。

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