A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
优势
Advantage
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.
使用金钱是拥有金钱的全部好处。
I'm not the kind of guy who's taking advantage of my position.
我不是那种占我便宜的人。
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.
一无所有有一个好处，它永远不需要修理。
There is here, as in all countries, advantages and disadvantages.
和所有国家一样，这里也有优点和缺点。
It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.
没有任何优势是最大的优势。
Sometimes it's to your advantage for people to think you're crazy.
有时候别人认为你疯了对你有利。
The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.
旅馆最大的优点是它是家庭生活的避难所。
The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.
一见钟情的好处是它能延迟第二次见面。
A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.
坏邻居是大灾难，好邻居是大利益。
We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.
每次我们不利用别人的弱点时，我们都会成长一点。
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
绘画是一种具有永久性的表现手法。
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
战争是无法避免的;它只能为了别人的利益而推迟。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.
不要虚度任何一天，在这一天里，你只能等待轮到你的机会，只占你的一份，不占任何人的便宜。
The law is an adroit mixture of customs that are beneficial to society, and could be followed even if no law existed, and others that are of advantage to a ruling minority, but harmful to the masses of men, and can be enforced on them only by terror.
法律是一种灵巧的风俗习惯的混合体，这些风俗习惯有益于社会，即使没有法律存在，也可以遵循;而另一些风俗习惯则有利于统治少数人，但对大多数人有害，只能通过恐怖手段强加于他们。
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
不读好书的人比不读好书的人没有任何优势。
Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.
利用世界的模糊性。看着某样东西，想想它可能是什么。
Everybody's going through a lot of stress these days, no matter how well off you are and how many advantages you have, it's a stressful time in everybody's lives.
现在每个人都经历着很大的压力，不管你有多富有，有多少优势，这段时间每个人的生活都充满了压力。
People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.
有优势的人不愿意相信他们只是碰巧是有优势的人。