Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

明智的是谁?向每个人学习的人。强大的是谁?控制自己激情的人。谁是富人?知足者常乐。那是谁?没有人。

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Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

好习惯能自动控制我们较低的激情和欲望,让我们的天性自由地探索生活中更大的经历。我们中有太多的人在辩论应该被视为理所当然的行动时分裂和浪费了我们的精力。

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

一个真正充满活力的社会的标志之一是,作为一个行动的助产士,能够摒弃激情——能够直接从思想转移到行动。

I was with you in the days of glory. At the head of the Government, I shall remain with you during the days of darkness. Stay by my side.

我在荣耀的日子,与你们同在。我将在黑暗的日子里,与你同在。留在我身边。

My mother was a first-grade teacher, so I credit her with this lifelong intellectual curiosity I have, and love of reading and learning.

我的母亲是一名一年级的老师,所以我认为她拥有我毕生的求知欲,以及对阅读和学习的热爱。

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

教育是当一个人忘记了他在学校所学的东西之后剩下的东西。

A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.

一个富有的哈佛诗人,除了审美之外,他的头脑里没有任何意义。

I don't deserve a soul, yet I still have one. I know because it hurts.

我不配拥有一个灵魂,但我还有一个。我知道,因为它很疼。

Love, I think, is a gateway to the world, not an escape from it.

我认为,爱是通往世界的大门,而不是逃避。

When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.

当富人想到穷人时,他们的想法很糟糕。

You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.

你不交税,他们收税。