Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

财产不是神圣的权利。富人变穷是一种不幸,而不是道德上的罪恶。当一个穷人变得贫困,这是一种道德上的罪恶,充满了后果,有害于社会和道德。

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Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss.

你亲爱的孩子无辜无辜地死去了,被一位充满智慧和仁慈的造物主带走了,很可能从一生的苦难和不幸中走出来,也很可能从一生的幸福和幸福中走出来。

Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?

原教旨主义者对家庭的明显解体、确定性的消失和道德的堕落感到恐慌。恐惧使他们问,如果我们不能相信圣经,我们能相信什么?

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

正义是我们生命和财产的保险。服从是我们为之付出的代价。

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

不能及时说出一个“不”字,然后决定“不”,这既是一种不幸,也是一种极大的不幸。

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.

人生的成功不在于握一手好牌,而在于把一手坏牌打好。

The poor man's corm always grows thin.

穷人的球茎总是变薄。