A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

许多人的感激之情不过是一种暗地里的渴望,希望今后能得到更多有价值的恩情。

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All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.

所有存在的事物都是一个整体。我们把美丽而稀有的东西看作有价值的东西,把丑陋而丑陋的东西看作污秽而腐朽的东西。污秽而腐朽的东西可以变成稀有而有价值的东西,稀有而有价值的东西可以变成污秽而腐朽的东西。

Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing. Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love. Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns.

善良胜过贪婪:它要求分享。仁慈战胜恐惧:它唤起感激和爱。善良甚至胜过愚蠢,因为有了分享和爱,一个人会学会。

I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude.

我非常感谢全能的上帝赐予我的仁慈,并决心继续把这件事公之于众,以表谢意。