A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
财富
Wealth
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
财富的满足不在于拥有或挥霍,而在于明智地运用。
The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.
圣经里有高尚的诗篇……又有良善的品行,和许多的污秽,并许多的虚谎。
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
幸福与其说是拥有不如说是分享。我们靠得到的东西生活,但我们靠给予的东西生活。
Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
高尔夫球的突然成功就像财富的突然获得。它容易使性格不安和恶化。
Nor need we power or splendour, wide hall or lordly dome; the good, the true, the tender, these form the wealth of home.
我们不需要权力和荣耀,不需要宽阔的大厅和高贵的圆顶;善良、真诚、温柔,这些构成了家庭的财富。
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
我们看到许多人在逆境中奋斗,他们很快乐,而更多的人虽然富有,却很不幸。
In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
在名人的世界里,等级的宣传已经取代了等级的下降,甚至是巨大的财富。
If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.
如果你知道你有多富有,你就不富有。至于我,我不知道我的财富有多少。这就是我们有多富有。
Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.
只有不需要财富的人才适合继承财富,无论他从哪里开始,他都能创造财富。
No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.
没有任何财富的增长,没有任何礼貌的软化,没有任何改革或革命使人类的平等更近了一毫米。
But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late.
但我学到了一两件事;我和命运一样清楚,当我们为了财富而锁住自己的生活时,金钥匙来得太晚了。
Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money.
那些想把一夜成功或财富卖给你的人对你的成功不感兴趣;他们对你的钱感兴趣。
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沿着这个主题,再读几句。
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
一大笔财富在蠢人手中是一种巨大的不幸。
Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.
财富、美貌和名望都是转瞬即逝的。当这些都没有了,就只剩下有用的东西了。
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
悼词。对一个人的赞扬,这个人要么拥有财富和权力的优势,要么认为自己已经死了。
The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.
我们贫穷的原因是我们没有想象力。有很多人在积累他们认为是巨大的财富,但那只是钱……他们不知道如何享受它,因为他们没有想象力。
Wealth flows from energy and ideas.
财富来自能量和思想。