A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
宫
Palace
The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
当小屋不快乐时，宫殿就不安全了。
Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps.
宁可住欢乐的小屋，不愿住哭泣的宫殿。
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
凡培养中庸之道的人，既能避免茅舍的贫穷，又能避免宫殿的嫉妒。
Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.
希望是奉承者，却是最正直的寄生虫;因为她经常出入穷人的茅屋和他上司的宫殿。