In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

  • -- Confucius 孔子

在一个治理良好的国家,贫穷是一件令人羞愧的事。在一个管理不善的国家,财富是一件令人羞愧的事情。

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Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society.

经济学家们开始认识到,严格按照平均收入来衡量国家财富和贫困,并不能说明一个社会的健康状况或生存能力有多么重要。

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

没有人能通过翻阅账簿来判断自己是富有还是贫穷。是心灵使人富有。他富有不是因为他拥有什么,而是因为他是什么样的人。

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.

可怜的人类理性,当它相信自己的时候,用最奇怪的荒谬来代替最高的神圣概念。

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

财富不是属于拥有它的人,而是属于享受它的人。