A penny saved is a penny gained. Richard Brckminster Fuller.American srchitect 省下一分錢等于得到一分錢。——美國建筑師富勒.R.B.
All good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear. Henry David Thoreau, Ameican writer 一切好的東西都是便宜的,所有壞的東西都是非常貴的。——美國作家梭羅。H.D.
All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend. Voltaire, French thinker 人世間所有的榮華富貴不如一個好朋友。——法國思想家伏爾泰
Apply yourself to true riches; it is shameful to depend upon silver and gold for a happy life. Lrcius Annaeus Seneca, Ancient Roman Philosopher 要爭取真正的財富,靠金銀謀取幸福是不光彩的?!帕_馬哲學家西尼加.L.A.
An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of gold. Tobias Smollett, British writer 一盎司謹慎抵得上一磅黃金?!骷?/SPAN>.斯摩萊特.T.
Beggars cannot be choosers. Du Bose Heywood, American writer 乞丐不能挑肥揀瘦?!绹骷液N榈?/SPAN>.D.B.
Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful. Betrand Russell, British philosopher 乞丐并不羨慕百萬富翁,盡管他們一定會羨慕比他們乞討得多的乞丐?!軐W家羅素.B.
Creditors have better memories than debtors. Benjamin Franklin. American president 放債的比借債記性好。——美國總統(tǒng)富蘭克林。B.
Economy is in itself a source of great revenue. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Ancient Roman Philosopher 節(jié)約本身就是最大的收入.——羅馬哲學家西尼加,L.A. Economy is the poor man' s mint; and extravagance the rich man ' s pitfall. 節(jié)約是窮人的造幣廠,浪費是富翁的陷阱。——英國作家塔泊.M
Few rich men own their property.The property owns them. Robert Green Ingersoll. American Iawyer 極少富人擁有他們的財產,是財產擁有他們。——美國律師英格索爾.R.G.
He that has a full purse never lacks a friend. Even in a busy market, nobody cares to know a poor person. Anonymors 富在深山有遠親;貧在鬧市無人識?!獰o名氏
I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts:financial worries. Jules Renard, French playwright 我終于明白人與野獸的區(qū)別在于:人為錢而擔憂?!▏鴦∽骷依占{爾.J.
I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance. Oscar ll, Swedish king 我寧愿讓我的人民嘲笑我的的小氣也不愿讓他們?yōu)槲业膿]霍而哭泣。——瑞典國王奧斯卡二世
If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth, but, if poor, it is not so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find it less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat. Charles C. Colton, British clergyman 如果富有,藏富很容易;如果貧窮,掩飾貧窮卻很難。我們不難發(fā)現(xiàn)隱藏1000個金幣比遮蓋衣服上的一個破洞來得容易?!媻y師科爾頓.C.C
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. Benjamin Franklin, American presudent 要想知道錢的價值,就想辦法去借錢試試?!绹偨y(tǒng)富蘭克林.B.'
If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world? Benjiamin Franklin, American president 如果財富是你的,那么你為什么不把它們和你一起帶到另一個世界去呢?——美國總統(tǒng)富蘭克林.B.
It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel Johnson, British writer 與其在死時后中握著一大把錢,還不如活著的時候活得豐富多采?!骷壹s翰遜.S.
It is good to have money to buy things that money can buy ,but it is better not to lose things money cannot buy. George H. Lorimer, American journalist 有錢去買能得到的東西當然不錯,但是不丟失用金錢買不到的東西更好。——美國記者洛里默.G.H.
Men do not desire merely to be rich, but to be richer than other men. John Stuart Mill, British economist 人們不僅希望富有,而且希望比他人更富有?!?jīng)濟學家穆勒.J.S
Money is a good servant and a bad master. Francis Bacon, British Philosopher 金錢是善仆,也是惡主?!軐W家培根.F.
Money is a singular thing, It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. J.K, Galbraith, American economist 錢是最奇怪地東西,當它和愛情在一起時候,是人類幸福最大的源泉;當它和死亡聯(lián)系在一起的時候,是人類焦慮的最重要緣由?!绹?jīng)濟學家加爾布雷斯.J.K.
Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. Francis Bacon, BAritish phlosopher 金錢好比糞肥,只有撒到大地才是有用之物?!軐W家培根.F.
Money is not the root of all eviles as is usually claimed, what is the root of all evils is the lust for money, that is the excessive, selfish and greedy pusuit of mnoey. Nathaniell Hawthorn, American writer 金錢并非像平常說的那樣是萬惡之源。而對金錢的貪圖,既對金錢過分的、自私的、貪婪的追求,才是一切邪惡的根源?!绹骷一羯?/SPAN>.N.
Money is the sinews of love, as of war. George Farquhar, Irish dramatist 金錢是愛情的支柱,猶如金錢是戰(zhàn)爭的支柱一樣?!獝蹱柼m劇作家法夸爾.G.
Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace of happiness. Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist 金錢可以是許多東西的外殼,卻不是里面的果實。它帶來食物,卻帶不來胃口;帶來藥,卻帶不來健康;帶來相識,卻帶不來友誼;帶來仆人,卻帶不來他們的忠心;帶來享受,卻帶不來幸福的寧靜?!餐∽骷乙撞飞?/SPAN>.H
Money will buy a pretty dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. J, Billings, American humorist 金錢能買到一條不錯的狗,但是買不到它的搖動尾巴。——美國幽默作家比林斯.J.
No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Franklin Roosevelt, American pesident 任何一個國家,不管它多么富裕,都浪費不起人力資源?!绹偨y(tǒng)羅斯福.F.
Poverty is an abnormality to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. Walter Bagehot, Buetish economist 對于富人來說,貧窮是不可理解的異?,F(xiàn)象:他們怎么也弄不明白,那些想要吃飯的人,為什么不搖鈴讓人送來呢?——英國經(jīng)濟學家巴杰特.W.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. Albert Einstein, American scientist 有時候一個人為不花錢得到的東西付出的代價最高?!绹茖W家愛因斯坦.A.
That man is the richest whose pleasure are the cheapest. Henry David Thoreau, American writer 能處處尋求快樂的人才是最富有的人?!绹骷宜罅_.H.D
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweet. John Gay, British dramatist and plet 啜飲密糖的蒼蠅在甜蜜中喪生。——英國劇作家、詩人蓋伊.J.
The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the man who borrows, and the man who lends. Charles Lamb, British essayist 按照我所能歸納的最好理論,人類是由兩個截然不同的種族構成的,即借方與出借方?!⑽募姨m姆,C.
The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing them. A. R .Ricvarol, French writer 財富對有些人只做了一件事:使他們擔心會失去財富?!▏骷依锿吡_爾.A.R.
The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error, and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes. Margrerite Blessington, Irish writer 富人和偉人的罪惡被錯當作謬誤,窮人和凡人的過失卻被錯當作犯罪?!獝蹱柼m作家布萊辛頓.M
There are only two families in the world, as a grandmother of mine used to say, the haves and the have-nots. Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist 正如我的一位祖母說過的那樣,這個世界上只有兩家人:那就是富人和窮人?!靼嘌佬≌f家塞萬提斯.M.
Those who have some means think that the most impo rtant thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money. Gerald Brenan, British writer 手頭上有點錢的人認為愛是世界上最重要的東西,而窮人則明白世界上最重要的是金錢?!骷也紓惸?/SPAN>.G.
To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and keep absolute sober. Logan Pearsall Smith, American weiter 如果以為我們變富后不會像有錢人那樣行事,這無異地以為我們能終日豪飲,但又能保持頭腦清醒?!绹骷沂访芩?/SPAN>.L.P.
Wealth may be an exscellent thing, for it means power. leisure, and liberty. James Russell Lowell, British plet and critic 財富也許是好東西,因為它意味著權力、安逸和自由?!娙恕⑴u家洛威爾.J.R. |
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