In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

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

在每个社会里,有些人生来就是要统治的,有些人生来就是要忠告的。

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The wisest rule in investment is: when others are selling, buy. When others are buying, sell. Usually, of course, we do the opposite. When everyone else is buying, we assume they know something we don't, so we buy. Then people start selling, panic sets in, and we sell too.

投资中最明智的规则是:当别人抛售时,买进。当别人买进时,卖出。当然,通常我们会做相反的事情。当其他人都在买东西时,我们假设他们知道一些我们不知道的东西,所以我们买了。然后人们开始抛售,恐慌袭来,我们也开始抛售。

Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?

想想你认识的所有真正成功的男人和女人。你是否认识一个人,他在很小的时候就没有学会在适当的时候引起别人的注意?

Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate.

弗洛伊德说我们生来就是一个白板。这是一个过于肤浅和不充分的模型。

The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.

怀疑自己沉闷的人还没有出生。

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

艺术在社会中的作用因艺术家而异。

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

酒淹死的人比海淹死的人还多。