A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
贫困
Poverty
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
贫穷对富人来说是一种反常现象;很难理解为什么想吃晚饭的人不按铃。
Poverty can turn a person into a flaming torch for change and revolution, without which mankind would come to a standstill.
贫穷可以把一个人变成变革和革命的火炬，没有它，人类就会停滞不前。
You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
你可以通过笑来扭转痛苦的局面。如果你能在任何事情中找到幽默，即使是贫穷，你也能挺过去。
People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening.
人们可以如此冷漠。他们继续忽视真正陷入贫困和无家可归的人。几乎发狂。
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
邦有道，贫且贱焉，耻也；邦无道，富且贵焉，耻也。
What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty?
重要的贫穷?对迷恋我们艺术的人来说，有什么关系呢?他不是把一切的欢乐和美都装在自己里面吗?
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
不要把时间浪费在社交问题上。穷人的问题是贫穷;富人的问题是无用。
To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.
说任何一个人都不适合自由，就是让贫困成为他们的选择，说他们宁愿背负重税也不愿不负担。
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.
把你的生活完全集中在赚钱上，表明你缺乏雄心壮志。它对你的要求太少了。它会让你不满足。
Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
财富是一种与生俱来的心态，就像贫穷一样。发家致富的乞丐可以炫耀他的战利品，但却不能把它们戴得冠冕堂皇。
The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty.
衡量一个社会伟大与否的标准在于它如何对待那些最需要帮助的人，那些除了贫穷一无所有的人。
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater poverty then the person who has nothing to eat.
没有人要，没有人爱，没有人关心，被所有的人遗忘，我想那比一个没有吃的人更贫穷。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Hardworking men and women who are busting their tails in full-time jobs shouldn't be left in poverty.
在全职工作中拼命工作的勤奋的男男女女不应该被留在贫困中。
There are many programs specifically aimed at helping people in poverty start a business.
有许多专门帮助贫困人口创业的项目。
We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace.
我们误解了贫困的本质，认为它是经济贫困。不，这是灵魂的贫乏，剥夺了上帝创造、热爱和平的能力。
The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.
我们贫穷的原因是我们没有想象力。有很多人在积累他们认为是巨大的财富，但那只是钱……他们不知道如何享受它，因为他们没有想象力。
The first priority of any serious program against poverty is to strengthen the male role in poor families.
任何针对贫困的严肃计划的首要任务都是加强男性在贫困家庭中的作用。