The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

  • -- Walter Savage Landor 兰德

智慧人的著作是我们后代唯一不能挥霍的财富。

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When you use words loosely, without care and consideration, you erode trust in yourself and in what you're saying. When you squander words, you diminish your power.

如果你随意使用词语,不加注意和考虑,你就会丧失对自己和自己所说内容的信任。当你浪费言语时,你就削弱了自己的力量。

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

财富不在于拥有财富,而在于使用财富。

I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.

我并不富有得离谱,但我也不浪费钱。

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

许多人轻视财富;很少有人能把它们送人。

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

后代的功能是照顾自己。