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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You can't sow an apple seed and expect to get an avocado tree. The consequences of your life are sown in what you do and how you behave.

你不可能一边播种苹果种子,一边指望得到一棵鳄梨树。你生活的结果撒在你所做的和你的行为上。

That's but an empty purse which is full of other men's money.

那只不过是一个装满了别人钱的空钱包。

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。