It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

  • -- William Cobbett 威廉·科贝特

使一个人独立的,与其说是他的经济条件好,不如说是他的需要少。

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It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

人之所以固执己见,是因为心胸狭窄和软弱;我们非常不愿意相信我们无法理解的东西。

Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.

语言本身不能充分表达灵魂的现实或人类精神的伟大。

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

伟人的渺小与其他所有人的不相称,使其显得渺小。

Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great.

小人自以为渺小;伟人从来不知道自己是伟人。