If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent on the part of the landlords, it will be increased in a far greater degree by the increased opulence of the commercial classes.

  • -- David Ricardo 大卫·里卡多

如果由于地主的租金下降而使对住宅商品的需求减少,那么,由于商业阶级日益富裕,对住宅商品的需求就会大大增加。

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Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message.

苦难使一个民族更加伟大,我们遭受了许多苦难。我们有话要对世人说,只是我们被压住了,话就从中间被截断了。假以时日,将有数百万的我们——变得越来越强大——我们将完成这一使命。

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

任何两个人之间的差别,都不可能比同一个人、情人和丈夫之间的差别更大。