If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

  • -- Socrates 苏格拉底

如果一个人为自己的财富感到骄傲,那么在人们知道他如何使用财富之前,不应该表扬他。

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If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision those of its members who were most poorly endowed in the distribution or wealth that chance had made, and who were, therefore, most worthy of indulgence.

如果社会如此严格地对待其成员中那些在机遇所创造的分配或财富方面最缺乏天赋、因而最值得纵容的人,这(难道不是)令人愤慨的吗?

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

从体质中产生的勇气往往在人需要的时候抛弃他;产生于责任感的勇气;以统一的方式。

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.

让一个男人对一个单身女人为所欲为吧,这个世界令人鼓舞地倾向于认为婚姻是一种足够的补偿。

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

资本是财富的一部分,用来获得更多的财富。