If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

如果你想要很多东西,很多东西看起来就会很少。

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The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar.

瓦萨高级阶级的大多数人不愿与我为伍,我必须承认,在阅读了他们思想和情感的样本之后,我不愿与瓦萨高级阶级的大多数人为伍。

A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions.

孩子对新玩具的兴趣吸引了他们对拥有和占有的渴望:玩具的吸引力不在于它们的用途,而在于它们作为财产的地位。

We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully.

我们有义务与创造、与我们的资本和谐相处……神的创造。我们需要非常小心地管理和工作。

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

我既不刻薄也不愤世嫉俗,但我确实希望政治思维不要那么不成熟。