Wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

财富显然不是我们所追求的善;因为它仅仅是有用的,而且是为了别的目的。

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And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.

在人类理性所能给予的一切启示中,没有任何一种能与发现我们是什么、我们的本性、我们的义务、我们能够获得什么幸福以及获得幸福的手段相比。

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

人喜欢计算自己的烦恼,却不计算自己的快乐。如果他按照他应该做的那样去数一数,他就会发现,每一种命运都为它提供了足够的幸福。