No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

  • -- Henry Ward Beecher 亨利·沃德·比彻

没有人能通过翻阅账簿来判断自己是富有还是贫穷。是心灵使人富有。他富有不是因为他拥有什么,而是因为他是什么样的人。

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To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for one's own health as well as theirs: there is a needful gift they have to offer which cannot be offered so long as they are confined by poverty.

帮助穷人获得行动和自由的能力对一个人以及他们自己的健康都是至关重要的:他们必须提供一种必要的礼物,只要他们受到贫困的限制,这种礼物就不能提供。

We hold the moral obligation of providing for old age, helpless infancy, and poverty is far superior to that of supplying the invented wants of courtly extravagance.

我们在道义上有责任赡养老人、无助的婴儿和贫困,这远远超过满足宫廷奢侈的虚构需求。

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.

财富、美貌和名望都是转瞬即逝的。当这些都没有了,就只剩下有用的东西了。

When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.

当鸽子开始与乌鸦为伍时,它的羽毛仍然是白色的,但它的心却变黑了。

Oh, the diligence of Satan! Oh, the desperateness of man’s heart !

噢,撒旦的勤奋!啊,人的心是多么绝望啊!

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

最大的财富是欲望的匮乏。