All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors.

  • -- John Calvin 约翰·卡尔文

我们所享受的所有祝福都是神圣的储备,在这种情况下,我们将把它们托付给我们的信任,为了我们的邻居的利益而分发出去。

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There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied; and this superiority of the latter is still more obvious when we reflec.

这两种暂时的祝福——健康和金钱——是有区别的;金钱是最令人羡慕的,但也是最不受人喜爱的;健康是最大的享受,但最少的嫉妒;而后者的这种优势在我们反应时更加明显。

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

想要收获自由之果的人,必须象人一样,承受维护自由的劳苦。

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

与恶习作斗争,与邻居和睦相处,在新的一年里让自己成为更好的人。

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

嫉妒的人因邻居的成功而变得消瘦。

Relics are treasured as something close to the divine.

文物作为接近神圣的东西而被珍视。