The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

黄金的欲望不是为了黄金。它是为了自由和利益的手段。

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Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them.

黄金和白银同其他商品一样,具有内在的价值,这种价值不是任意的,而是取决于它们的稀缺性、获得它们所付出的劳动的数量以及生产它们的矿山所使用的资本的价值。

There are considerable advantages to using many degrees of freedom to store information, stability and controllability being perhaps the most important.

使用许多自由度来存储信息有很多优点,其中稳定性和可控性可能是最重要的。

The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.

获得三枚奥运金牌的成就感油然而生。我知道这是任何人都无法从我身上夺走的东西,永远。

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

那些为了安全而放弃自由的人将不会得到自由,他们也不配得到自由。

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

我们总是渴望被禁止的东西,渴望被拒绝的东西。

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

诸神之中,唯有死亡不渴求恩赐。