To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.

  • -- Tryon Edwards 特赖恩·爱德华兹

为别人的富裕而高兴,就是满足于自己的命运;减轻别人的悲伤就是减轻或驱散自己的悲伤。

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May God be with me! May Heaven bless this New Year. May it be a year of fruitfulness, of peace and prosperity; may it be a year of peace and unity for all mankind; may the world be freed of cholera.

愿上帝与我同在!愿上帝保佑新年。愿这一年硕果累累,和平繁荣;愿这是人类和平统一的一年;愿世界摆脱霍乱。

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

真正的满足并不取决于我们拥有什么;浴缸对提奥奇尼斯来说够大了,但对亚历山大来说世界太小了。

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

我们可能会经过紫罗兰,寻找玫瑰。我们可以通过满足来寻求胜利。