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唯物主义
Materialism
Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.
盗贼尊重财产权。他们只是希望财产成为他们的财产，以便他们能够更完全地尊重它。
Wealth is not without its advantages, and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
财富并非没有它的优点，相反的情况，虽然它经常被提出，但从来没有被证明具有广泛的说服力。
To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober.
假设我们所有人都假设，我们可以富有而不像富人那样行事，就像假设我们可以整天喝酒而保持清醒一样。
Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.
自由只属于那些不再要求生活给他们带来任何受时间变化影响的个人财富的人。
The world is progressing and resources are becoming more abundant. I’d rather go into a grocery store today than to a king’s banquet a hundred years ago.
世界在进步，资源越来越丰富。我宁愿今天去杂货店，也不愿一百年前去参加国王的宴会。
The problem with borrowing money is that as soon as one has, one inevitably begins to think of it as one's own. One becomes used to it, treats it like family, and may even come to resent or lose sight of the fact that it must all someday leave to visit someone else.
借钱的问题在于，一旦你有了钱，你就不可避免地开始把它当作自己的钱。一个人会习惯它，把它当成家人，甚至可能开始怨恨或忽视这样一个事实，那就是总有一天它会离开去拜访别人。
Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.
钱是独一无二的东西。它和爱一样，是人类最大的快乐源泉。而死亡是他最大的焦虑来源。纵观历史，它以两种方式压迫着几乎所有的人:要么是资源丰富但极不可靠，要么是可靠而稀缺。
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Lifting your eyes from the things of this world is an activity that must begin where you are.
从这个世界上的事物中抬起你的眼睛是一项必须从你所在的地方开始的活动。
There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
曾经有一段时间，一个傻瓜和他的钱很快就分开了，但现在这种事发生在每个人身上。
The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
有钱的人比没钱的人更嫉妒富人。
Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress.
财富是最好的使女，也是最坏的女主人。
Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical.
当代科学是以唯物主义哲学为基础的，唯物主义哲学主张一切现实都是物质的或物质的。