A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
占有
Possession
The greatest possession is self-possession.
最大的拥有就是拥有自己。
The wavering mind is but a base possession.
动摇的心不过是一种卑劣的占有。
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
爱不是占有，而是给予自由。
A sparrow in hand is worth a pheasant that flieth by.
手中的麻雀胜过身边飞过的野鸡。
Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.
听我话的、认识我的、就作我的子民、永得为业。
Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.
对拥有的对象不负有义务的占有接近幸福。
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
幸福不在于拥有，也不在于拥有，幸福寓于灵魂。
A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.
一个人可能像拥有一座城市一样拥有真理，但却被迫投降。
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.
财富带给我们的快乐不如拥有它带给我们的快乐，而是失去它带给我们的痛苦。
Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake.
拥有物质财富而没有内心的平静，就像在湖里洗澡时渴死一样。
Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.
的确，每当一种新思想出现时，例如气球，战争就会立即占据上风。
Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another.
衣服应该看起来像女人与生俱来的。这是一种占有的形式，属于彼此。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
人不应该把自己的物质财富看作是自己的，而应该看作是所有人共有的，以便在别人需要的时候毫不犹豫地分享。
The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.
人的真正责任不是扩展他的权力或使他的财富超过他的需要，而是丰富和享受他不朽的财产:他的灵魂。
To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good of others, to love with such generosity of heart that your love is still a dear possession in absence or unkindness these are the gifts which money cannot buy.
要有丰富的赞美和不嫉妒，要为别人的好处而欢欣鼓舞，要有一颗慷慨的心去爱，即使你不在或不友善，你的爱仍然是珍贵的财产，这些都是金钱买不到的礼物。
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
当我们相信自己拥有唯一的真理时，我们很可能对日常生活中常见的真理漠不关心。
Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.
每次我离开家很长一段时间，我觉得我好像要征服世界。求你将我长子的名分，就是我的产业，夺过来。
The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.
在世界范围内，拥有专断的权力总是不可抗拒地破坏人类的感性、宽宏大量和真理。