I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: "What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me."

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

我在什么地方见过一位慈善人士的墓志铭,这使我非常高兴。我记不得这句话了,但它的意思是:“我花了我失去了;我所拥有的留给别人;我所送出的东西还留在我身边。”

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In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.

在我的理想世界里,没有孩子会受苦。慈善本能将占上风。全球将接受所有不同类型的人。

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

一个人因为付出而得到的礼物是无法估量的,接受它们几乎是不公平的。

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back.

把你所有的爱都给别人并不能保证他们也会爱你。

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?

岂不知言语能医治人的病吗?

I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.

我不知道该说什么好。但就连我的损失也被放大了。