Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.

  • -- Epictetus 埃皮克特斯

困难告诉人们他们是什么。如果遇到任何困难,请记住,上帝让你与一个粗暴的对手对抗,让你成为一个征服者,这是不可能不经过艰苦努力的。

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It is fatal for any body of workers to have forever hanging from the fringes of its skirts other bodies on a level just below its own; for that means continual pressure downward, additional difficulty to be overcome in the struggle to maintain reasonable rates of wages.

任何工人的身体永远挂在比自己的身体略低的水平上的其他身体的边缘,这是致命的;因为这意味着持续的下行压力,在维持合理工资率的斗争中还要克服额外的困难。

Being unemployed is even more disastrous for individuals than you'd expect. Aside from the obvious harm - poverty, difficulty paying off debts - it seems to directly affect people's health, particularly that of older workers.

失业对个人的影响比你想象的还要大。除了明显的危害——贫困、难以偿还债务——它似乎直接影响人们的健康,尤其是老年工人的健康。

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.

漫长、沉闷、单调的中年顺境或中年逆境是魔鬼活动的好天气。

Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity

顺境适度,逆境谨慎