Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct. By what a frugal man annually saves he not only affords maintenance to an additional number of productive hands...but...he establishes as it were a perpetual fund for the maintenance of an equal number in all times to come.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

资本因节俭而增加,因挥霍和不当行为而减少。一个节俭的人每年节省下来的钱,不仅能养活更多有生产力的人,而且……他把它当作一项永久的基金,以便在今后的任何时候保持人数相等。

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The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.

时代变了,但人还是老样子。我们仍然在寻找爱,这将永远是我们作为人类的奋斗。

Wild oats will get sown some time, and one of the arts of life is to sow them at the right time.

人生的艺术之一就是在适当的时候播种。