Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

明智的是谁?向每个人学习的人。强大的是谁?控制自己激情的人。谁是富人?知足者常乐。那是谁?没有人。

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If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

如果你一旦丧失了同胞们的信任,你就永远无法重新获得他们的尊重和尊重。的确,有时候你可能会愚弄所有的人;你甚至可以一直愚弄一些人;但是你不可能一直愚弄所有的人。

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

友谊是多余的,像哲学,像艺术……它没有生存价值;相反,它是那些赋予生存价值的东西之一。

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.

任何人都没有侵犯他人平等权利的自然权利,这就是法律应该约束他的一切。

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

通过冥想,一次只专注于一件事,我们可以学会把注意力放在我们选择的地方。

I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.

我对中世纪产生了一种热情,就像有些人对椰子产生了热情一样。

I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.

我相当孤独。我不喜欢结构化学习。我不喜欢和人打交道。

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.

谁能提前三天预见到事情的发展,谁就能在未来的几千年里富有。

Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.

误解在我的世界观中扮演着重要的角色。

The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them.

富人不剥削穷人。他们只是比他们更有竞争力。

Passion is the genesis of genius.

激情是天才的源泉。