Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

财产不是神圣的权利。富人变穷是一种不幸,而不是道德上的罪恶。当一个穷人变得贫困,这是一种道德上的罪恶,充满了后果,有害于社会和道德。

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The morals of yesterday are no more. They are as dead as the day they were lived. Economic independence has put woman on exactly the same footing as man.

昨日的道德已不复存在。他们和活着的时候一样死了。经济独立使妇女与男子处于完全相同的地位。

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

聪明人很少遭不幸;他最大的和最高的兴趣是由理性引导的,贯穿于他的一生。

Whose property is my body? Probably mine. I so regard it. If i experiment with it, who must be answerable? i, not the state.

我的身体是谁的?可能我的。我非常重视它。如果我用它做实验,谁必须负责?是我,不是国家。

Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.

当你富有的时候,有原则是很容易的。重要的是当你贫穷的时候要有原则。

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

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。

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

私有财产是自由的原始源泉。它仍然是它的主要球场。

Nations are not poor or rich because of their wealth but exceptional morality.

一个国家之所以贫穷或富有,并不是因为它的财富,而是因为它的道德。

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

人类最可恨的不幸是智者没有影响力。