The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

诚实的穷人有时会忘记贫穷。诚实的富人永远不会忘记这一点。

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If we are suffering illness, poverty, or misfortune, we think we shall be satisfied on the day it ceases. But there too, we know it is false; so soon as one has got used to not suffering one wants something else.

如果我们正遭受疾病、贫穷或不幸,我们认为在它停止的那一天我们就会得到满足。但在这一点上,我们也知道它是假的;一旦一个人习惯了不受苦,他就想要别的东西。

I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

我意识到我必须诚实的告诉自己我在哪里,我来自哪里,我想做什么。

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

智慧和深邃的智慧需要对神秘的诚实的欣赏。

One courts misfortune by flaunting wealth.

一个人炫耀财富来招惹不幸。