We are not the sum of our possessions.

  • -- George H. W. Bush 乔治·H·W·布什

我们不是财富的总和。

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Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?

根据同样的原则,人也不能被看作是财产中的土地、货物或房屋。所有的财产都应低于其拥有者是必要的。但是奴隶和主人有什么不同呢?

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

一个自由的生活不可能获得很多财产,因为这是不容易做到的奴性对暴徒或君主。

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.

我们厌倦了一切,除了把别人变成笑柄,并为他们的缺点而庆幸自己。

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

我们都在黑暗中行走,我们每个人都必须学会打开自己的灯。