Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

每个人的富有或贫穷取决于他的欲望和他的快乐之间的比例。

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I love my man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.

我爱我的男人如同爱我的同胞;但是他的权杖,不管是真的还是被篡夺的,都不会伸向我,除非出于个人的原因需要我的尊敬;就是这样,也是顺服理性,不是顺服人。

But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash.

你也可以这样,当你催促一个背着沉重货物上山的人,你的鞭子也在他背上的时候,告诉他,这与货物和鞭子都没有关系。

I don't know how the poor farmers deal with such situations in real life. It's really sad.

我不知道贫穷的农民在现实生活中是如何处理这种情况的。真的很难过。

I am more poor than you think.

我比你想象的更穷。