A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
占有
Possession
The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.
对拥有的欲望是永不满足的，以至于它可以生存，甚至爱本身。因此，爱，就是让所爱的人绝育。
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。
One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
一个人的知识只局限于书本，而他的财富却掌握在别人的手中，当需要知识或财富时，他既不能使用知识，也不能使用财富。
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。
An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.
一种焦虑不安的不安，一种对利益的强烈渴望已经占领了商业界，在某些情况下，人类生活中最宝贵和永久的财富已被疯狂地牺牲，以换取一时的富裕。
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Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.
恰当地说，人是基于希望的，除了希望，他别无所有;他的这个世界充满了希望。
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。
The greatest possession is self-possession.
最大的拥有就是拥有自己。
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。
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。
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。