Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

  • -- Thomas Browne 托马斯·布朗

在财富使你贪婪之前,先要仁慈。

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The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of crimes, while the improvements in transport have largely facilitated the escape of fugitive criminals.

个人财富的积累和商业交易的扩大使某些种类的犯罪大大增加,令人感到遗憾,而运输方面的改善在很大程度上便利了在逃罪犯的逃跑。

There's no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It's beautiful, I call that beauty.

没有什么是变老,只有成熟和知识。很美,我称之为美。

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.

看哪,我不是在讲学,也不是在施舍,我施舍的时候,就是在施舍自己。

Wealth consists not of having great possessions but of having few wants.

财富不在于拥有大量的财产,而在于拥有很少的欲望。

Send your charity abroad wrapped in blankets.

用毯子把你的慈善机构送到国外去。

Covetous men's chests are rich, not they.

贪婪的人胸中是富有的,而不是他们。