Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible.

  • -- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿

粗俗粗俗的人总是对财富比对才能更尊重;因为,尽管财富是一种远不如人才有效的权力来源,但它碰巧要容易理解得多。

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Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

如果可能的话,优雅地获得地位和财富;如果没有,无论如何要获得财富和地位。

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

最大的财富是欲望的匮乏。