Wealth and want equally harden the human heart.

  • -- Theodore Parker 希欧多尔·帕克

财富和匮乏同样使人的心变硬。

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Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.

权力不是一个人的。财富并不以富人为中心。名人并不是与生俱来的。要想出名,要有钱,要有权力,就必须有进入大机构的机会。

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.

谦卑是一种优雅,它在高尚的环境中闪耀光芒,但在卑微的环境中却无法同样闪耀光芒,因为一个人在卑微的环境中可能已经过于谦卑了。

The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?

人类语言和文字所能做的最奇怪的事情就是创造一个隐喻。这是一个惊人的飞跃,不是吗?

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

与财富相伴的荣耀是短暂而脆弱的;美德是一种光荣而永恒的财富。

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

有两件事是无限的:宇宙和人类的愚蠢;我对宇宙也不是很确定。

I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

我没有任何偏见。我恨每个人都一样。