I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

  • -- Ben Hecht 本·赫克特

我知道向我炫耀财富的人,就像向我炫耀贫穷的乞丐;他们都在向我乞求施舍,富人向我的嫉妒乞求施舍,穷人向我的罪恶乞求施舍。

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A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.

一个人不应该努力消除自己的情结,而应该努力与之达成一致:这些情结合理地指导着他在这个世界上的行为。

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

正像我们无权只享受财富而不创造财富一样,我们也无权只享受幸福而不创造幸福。

My father's generation gave to my generation a land of wealth and purpose and world economic dominance.

我父亲那一代人给了我们这一代人一块财富、目标和世界经济主导地位的土地。

But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

但我的父亲也是一个了不起的人,一个好人,一个有原则的人,一个正直的人。