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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The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.

我们贫穷的原因是我们没有想象力。有很多人在积累他们认为是巨大的财富,但那只是钱……他们不知道如何享受它,因为他们没有想象力。

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.

一个受过教育的人是彻底预防欺诈的,为自己着想,并试图在演讲或纸上以某种方式表达自己的思想。

Wealth and want equally harden the human heart.

财富和匮乏同样使人的心变硬。

A man with a soul is not like every other man.

有灵魂的人不像其他人。