By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them.

  • -- David Ricardo 大卫·里卡多

到目前为止,欲望所追求的绝大部分商品都是通过劳动获得的;而且,如果我们愿意付出获得这些权利所必需的劳动,这些权利可以成倍地增加,不仅在一个国家,而且在许多国家,几乎没有任何可转让的限制。

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[T]he true is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as the right is only the expedient in the way of our thinking.

真理只是我们思维方式中的权宜之计,正如权利只是我们思维方式中的权宜之计一样。

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

永远不要让你的道德感妨碍你做正确的事情。