If a man bring to London an ounce of Silver out of the Earth in Peru in the same time that he can produce a bushel of Corn, then one is the natural price of the other.

  • -- William Petty 威廉·佩蒂

如果一个人在秘鲁能生产一蒲式耳玉米的同时,从地里挖出一盎司白银带到伦敦,那么其中一盎司白银就是另一盎司白银的自然价格。

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Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust, yet...they are more cruel and hardhearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon.

当然,妻子和孩子是人类的一种纪律;而单身男人,虽然他们要比单身男人宽宏大量得多,因为他们的收入更少,但是……他们更残忍,心肠更硬(善于进行严厉的审讯),因为他们的柔情不常被需要。

Spend your time on those who love you unconditionally. Don't waste it on those that only love you when the conditions are right for them.

把时间花在无条件爱你的人身上。不要把时间浪费在那些只在合适的时候才爱你的人身上。