Rather ten thousand lanterns from a wealthy man than one lantern from a poor man.

宁可要富人送一万盏灯笼,也不要穷人送一盏灯笼。

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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.

鉴于对一般人的任何程度的乐观和宽宏大量,对创造性思考或参与创作的人数设置时限是不可能的。

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

我们所说的慷慨,在很大程度上只是给予的虚荣心;我们这样做是因为我们更喜欢虚荣心而不是我们给予的东西。