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Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

知足使穷人富有;不知足使富人变穷。

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Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

富人的房子很少漂亮，很少舒适，也从不新颖。对于中等收入的人来说，观察到一大笔财富对美丽的贡献是如此之小，总是会让他们感到惊讶。

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Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.

无限的经济增长具有一种神奇的品质，既能平息不满，又能保持特权，这一事实在自由派经济学家中并没有被忽视。

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Making the best of things is... a damn poor way of dealing with them. My whole life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand.

充分利用一切是……对付他们的方法太差劲了。我的一生就是一连串的逃离流沙。

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When you're really poor, everything you see is something you can't have.

当你真的很穷的时候，你所看到的一切都是你无法拥有的。

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Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

不满足是进步的第一需要。

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I was obsessed with being rich and famous.

我痴迷于成为富人和名人。

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