One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

  • -- Chanakya 考底利耶

一个人的知识只局限于书本,而他的财富却掌握在别人的手中,当需要知识或财富时,他既不能使用知识,也不能使用财富。

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Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.

书是一种社会性的东西——一个作家对读者说话——所以我认为把读书作为一个社会活动的中心,一个读书俱乐部的聚会,是一个绝妙的主意。

Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.

人不应该把自己的物质财富看作是自己的,而应该看作是所有人共有的,以便在别人需要的时候毫不犹豫地分享。

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

我们读书要像交友一样谨慎。死者往往比生者拥有更大的权力。

Nothing is more fallacious than wealth. It is a hostile comrade, a domestic enemy.

没有什么比财富更荒谬的了。它是一个敌对的同志,一个国内的敌人。

Covet wealth, and want it; don't, and luck will grant it.

贪图财富而又缺乏它;不要这样做,运气会允许的。

A sparrow in hand is worth a pheasant that flieth by.

手中的麻雀胜过身边飞过的野鸡。