The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money.

  • -- Norman Ralph Augustine 诺曼·拉尔夫·奥古斯丁

用母猪的耳朵做丝绸钱包的最好方法是从一头母猪开始的。金钱也是如此。

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In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt.

在这个时代,对社会或政治活动人士来说,最艰巨的任务是找到一种方法,让人们重新思考我们都相信的真理。挑战在于播下怀疑的种子。

Put your hand quickly to your hat, and slowly in your purse, and you will take no harm.

把你的手放在帽子上,慢慢地放在钱包里,你就不会受到伤害了。

It is easy to be generous out of another man's purse.

从别人的钱包里慷慨大方是很容易的。