He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wants than it supplies.

  • -- William Wirt 大思想家乌尔德

他是个大傻瓜,以为财富的主要力量是满足欲望。在百分之九十九的情况下,它创造的需求多于供给。

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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

财富只会在我们身边停留片刻,如果有的话:只有我们的性格是坚定的,而不是我们的财富。

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

他没有财富;它拥有他。