He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man’s goods than his own.

  • -- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根

如果一个人能正确地衡量他的慈善,那么他宁愿放弃他的慈善事业,也不愿放弃他自己的慈善事业。

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A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

给孩子勤奋的习惯比给他们财富更有益。

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

我讨厌伸出手来,除非整个人都陪着我。