A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
贪婪
Greed
Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle of delight!
无情、贪婪、暴虐、声名狼藉，他们有一个原则值得所有其他的原则，那就是快乐的原则!
Greed can't again lead the way. We've taken that route before with terrible consequences for this nation and its people.
贪婪不能再次引领潮流。我们以前曾走过这条路，给这个国家和人民带来了可怕的后果。
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.
贪婪是一个无底洞，使人精疲力竭，无休止地努力满足需要，却永远得不到满足。
Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion.
贪婪可能也出现在我的智力生活中，因为我试图吸收大量的信息，结果导致精神消化不良。
Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending catastrophe to bring it down.
统治者减税并不是为了仁慈。权宜之计和贪婪造成了高税收，通常需要一场迫在眉睫的灾难才能把它降下来。
The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.
对我来说，野兽就是贪婪。无论你读过但丁，斯威夫特，还是这些人中的任何一个，它总是归结为同一件事:灵魂的堕落。
It's time for greatness -- not for greed. It's a time for idealism -- not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.
现在是伟大的时刻，而不是贪婪的时刻。这是一个理想主义的时代，而不是意识形态的时代。这不仅是一个充满同情的时刻，也是一个充满同情的行动的时刻。
During periods of extreme fear or greed, you don't have the proper balance between those two to generate market efficiency and you get extremes in behavior.
在极度恐惧或贪婪的时期，你无法在这两者之间找到恰当的平衡来产生市场效率，你的行为会走向极端。
If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
如果我们继续走我们已经走的路，错误是我们的贪婪，如果我们不愿意改变，我们将从地球上消失，被昆虫取代。
Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing. Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love. Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns.
善良胜过贪婪:它要求分享。仁慈战胜恐惧:它唤起感激和爱。善良甚至胜过愚蠢，因为有了分享和爱，一个人会学会。
I didn't do it because of the underlying greed that's prevailing, but it is about greed, doing the right thing at the right time using your clout when you have it and what for and what reason.
我做这件事不是因为普遍存在的潜在的贪婪，而是因为贪婪，在正确的时间做正确的事情，在你拥有影响力的时候运用你的影响力，用什么理由做什么。
To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.
对于那些被告知我抛弃了他们的支持者，这是不真实的。我抛弃了贪婪、腐败和妥协，而不是你，也不是支撑我的艺术天赋和能力。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Buy what you have no need of and ere long you shall sell your necessaries.
买你不需要的东西，不久你就会卖掉你的必需品。
Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.
贪欲和贪婪比天真更容易上当受骗。
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
没有你想要的东西是幸福不可或缺的一部分。
Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough.
贪婪是一个小嘴的肥胖恶魔，无论你喂什么都是不够的。
Our needs are few but our wants increase with our possessions.
我们的需求很少，但我们的欲望随着我们的财产而增加。
A greedy father has thieves for children.
贪心的父亲有偷孩子的贼。