The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

  • -- Charles Babbage 巴贝奇

财富的拥有者几乎不可能对那些几乎或几乎是他们财产的肥沃来源的过程漠不关心。

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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。

Today, no leader can afford to be indifferent to the challenge of engaging employees in the work of creating the future. Engagement may have been optional in the past, but it's pretty much the whole game today.

今天,没有一个领导者能够对让员工参与创造未来的工作的挑战无动于衷。在过去,参与可能是可选的,但在今天,这几乎就是整个游戏。

Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man.

肥沃的土壤,平坦的平原,翻山越岭的便利通道,嵌在岩石里的煤、铁和其他金属,以及令人振奋的气候,都给人类带来了福音。

By building relations we create a source of love and personal pride and belonging that makes living in a chaotic world easier.

通过建立关系,我们创造了爱、个人自豪感和归属感的源泉,使生活在一个混乱的世界变得更容易。

Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.

法官以法律为依据,而不是以舆论为依据,他们应该完全无视时代的压力。

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

一个自由的生活不可能获得很多财产,因为这是不容易做到的奴性对暴徒或君主。

Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark.

获得神性思想财富的人是幸福的,对神的信仰是黑暗的人是不幸的。

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.

我想,除非死者在这片土地上,否则没有人拥有这片土地。

The only source of knowledge is experience.

知识的唯一来源是经验。