Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

  • -- Horace 贺拉斯

凡培养中庸之道的人,既能避免茅舍的贫穷,又能避免宫殿的嫉妒。

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Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

希望是奉承者,却是最正直的寄生虫;因为她经常出入穷人的茅屋和他上司的宫殿。