Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

  • -- George Bernard Shaw 萧伯纳

任何事情都不值得做,除非后果可能很严重。

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After that I could never pass a dead man without stopping to gaze on his face, stripped by death of that earthly patina which masks the living soul. And I would ask, who were you? Where was your home? Who is mourning for you now?

从那以后,我每经过一个死人,总要停下来看看他的脸,他的脸已被死亡剥去了掩盖活人灵魂的世俗的古铜色。我会问,你是谁?你的家在哪里?现在谁在为你哀悼?

In the struggle between capital and labor, more often than not capital has won, because the real source of value for most companies has historically been the hard assets that they owned and controlled.

在资本和劳动力之间的斗争中,资本往往获胜,因为对大多数公司来说,真正的价值来源历来是它们拥有和控制的硬资产。

Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to shelve many of the orthodoxies we have held so dear.

通货膨胀并不总是主要问题,甚至根本不是问题。有时,尽管很少,通缩是一个更严重的威胁,我们需要搁置许多我们一直珍视的正统观点。

Your existence gives hope to a person. Your smile may be a pearl for someone. Your presence might be the desire of the one who loves you dearly. So value yourself, you exist for a reason.

你的存在给了一个人希望。你的微笑对某人来说可能是一颗珍珠。你的存在可能是深爱你的人的渴望。所以珍惜你自己,你的存在是有原因的。

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

飞行也许不是一帆风顺,但它的乐趣是值得的。

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

通晓圣经比接受大学教育更有价值。