A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
财富
Wealth
Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.
感恩是财富。抱怨是贫穷。
Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.
财富过多是贪婪的原因。
One courts misfortune by flaunting wealth.
一个人炫耀财富来招惹不幸。
To know when you have enough is to be rich.
知足者富。
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread.
财富不过是粪肥,只有在传播时才有用。
The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.
最大的财富是欲望的匮乏。
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
他没有财富;它拥有他。
There is no real wealth but the labor of man.
除了人的劳动,没有真正的财富。
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
财富是充分体验生活的能力。
Wealth and want equally harden the human heart.
财富和匮乏同样使人的心变硬。
Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
在财富使你贪婪之前,先要仁慈。
Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding.
财富是理智无情的敌人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
与财富相伴的荣耀是短暂而脆弱的;美德是一种光荣而永恒的财富。
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。
Great wealth is often created by the launching of great surprises, not by the launching of great enterprises.
巨大的财富往往是由巨大的惊喜所创造的,而不是由伟大的企业所创造的。
I have had wealth, rank and power, but, if these were all I had, how wretched I should be.
我有财富、地位和权力,但是,如果我只有这些,我将是多么可怜。
That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.
能处处寻求快乐的人才是最富有的人。
O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.
聪明的人啊!把你的财富只给有价值的人,不要给别人。云接收到的海水总是甜蜜的。