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A crook in the forth is worth an earldom in the north.

在北方，一个骗子抵得上一个伯爵。

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If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision those of its members who were most poorly endowed in the distribution or wealth that chance had made, and who were, therefore, most worthy of indulgence.

如果社会如此严格地对待其成员中那些在机遇所创造的分配或财富方面最缺乏天赋、因而最值得纵容的人，这(难道不是)令人愤慨的吗?

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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

如果没有冬天，春天就不会如此怡人;如果我们有时不经历逆境，繁荣就不会如此受欢迎。

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When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

当我年轻的时候，贫穷是如此普遍，我们不知道它有一个名字。

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Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

贫穷当然不是耻辱，但它确实令人讨厌。

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