One monk shoulders water by himself; two can still share the labor among them. When it comes to three, they have to go thirsty.

一个和尚扛水喝;两个和尚抬水喝。三个和尚没水喝。

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Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.

资本是死劳动力,就像吸血鬼一样,只有吸吮活劳动力才能生存,而且活得越多,吸吮的劳动力就越多。

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

当水开始沸腾时,关掉暖气是愚蠢的。

The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

过去的水磨不动。

Without labor nothing prospers.

没有劳动就没有昌盛。