An envious man waxes lean with the fatness of his neighbour.

嫉妒人的,因邻舍的肥胖,身体消瘦。

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After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated.

在第一批移民的邻近地区的所有肥沃土地都被耕种之后,如果资本和人口增加,就需要更多的粮食,而且只能从位置不那么优越的土地上获得粮食。

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

没有什么比依赖他人的习惯更能摧毁独立的力量了。如果你倾斜,你将永远不会强大或原创。要么独自站着,要么埋没你想成为世界名人的雄心壮志。

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

爱整个人类比爱自己的邻居更容易。

A lean calf forgets to skip.

瘦牛犊不跳。

Envy is left-handed praise.

嫉妒是无益的赞扬。