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It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

使一个破产的人烦恼的与其说是贫穷，还不如说是矫饰——在骄傲的头脑和空虚的钱包之间挣扎——必须很快结束的空虚的表演。

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The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude.

今天的基本断层线不是不同信仰的人之间的断层线，而是持有这些信仰的人之间的断层线，这些人的信仰带有不确定性，而持有这些信仰的人的信仰带有确定性。

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All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.

地球上的一切都在旧年的十月里指向家;水手出海，旅人筑墙筑篱，猎人到田野去打猎，猎犬长鸣，爱人已被他抛弃。

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I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive.

我是九个孩子中的老七。当你从那么低的地方过来，你必须挣扎着生存。

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Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

有些人认为奢侈是贫穷的反义词。它不是。它是粗俗的反义词。

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Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.

记忆是心灵的宝库，其中保存着心灵的丰碑。

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It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.

你在挣钱之前为之奋斗和奋斗的东西才是最有价值的。

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It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

很难说什么能带来幸福;贫穷和财富都失败了。

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I've got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it!

我很想加入一个社团，用它来打败你!

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