The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

  • -- Charles Babbage 巴贝奇

财富的拥有者几乎不可能对那些几乎或几乎是他们财产的肥沃来源的过程漠不关心。

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I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.

我喜欢在装饰世界的美丽事物中漫步;但是私人财产,或者任何个人财产,我都会减少,因为它们会夺走我的自由。

Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man.

肥沃的土壤,平坦的平原,翻山越岭的便利通道,嵌在岩石里的煤、铁和其他金属,以及令人振奋的气候,都给人类带来了福音。

Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each flat, but to each indifferent, Incongruous and strange the moonlight shines.

在公寓后面的衣服上,那些衣服像幽灵一样悬挂在绳子上,连接着每一间公寓,但月光照耀着每一间冷漠、不协调和奇怪的公寓。

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.

我认为我们会发现,经验,所有知识的真正来源和基础,总是证实它的真理。

Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries.

成就,很少归功于他们的来源,是难以形容的苦工和忧虑的结果。

Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.

痛苦是有原因的,快乐是完全无关紧要的。

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

知足是最大的财富。

To know when you have enough is to be rich.

知足者富。

We are not the sum of our possessions.

我们不是财富的总和。