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发表于: 英语学习方法 » sorrows of millionaire » 加入讨论
Money is a good servant and a bad master. The unfortunate millionaire has the responsibility of tremendous wealth without the possibility of enjoying himself more than ordinary rich man. Indeed, in many things he cannot enjoy himself more than many poor men do, nor even so much, for a drum major is better dressed, a trainer’s stable lad often rides a better horse; the first-class carriage is shared-by office boys taking their young ladies our for the evening; everybody who goes down to Brighton for Sunday rides in the Pullman car; and for what use is it to be able to pay for a peacock’s brain sandwich then there is nothing to be had but ham or beef? The injustice of this state of things has not been sufficiently considered. A man with an income of ￡25 a year can multiply his comfort beyond all calculation by doubling his income. A man with ￡50 a year can at least quadruple his comfort by doubling his income. Probably up to even ￡250 a year doubled income means doubled comfort. After that the increment of comfort grows less in proportion to the increment of income until a point is reached at which the victim is satisfied and even surfeited with everything that money can purchase. To expect him to enjoy another hundred thousand pounds because men like money, is exactly as if you were to expect a confectioner’s shopboy to enjoy two hours more work a day because boys are fond of sweets. What can the wretched millionaire do that needs a million? Does he want a fleet of yachts, a Rotten Row full of carriages, an army of servants, a whole city of town houses, or a continent for a game preserve? Can he attend more than one theatre in one evening, or wear more than one suit at a time, or digest more meals than his butler? And yet there is no sympathy for this hidden sorrow of plutocracy. The poor alone are pitied. Societies spring up in all directions to relieve all sorts of comparatively happy people, but no hand is stretched out to the millionaire, except to beg. In all our dealings with him lies implicit, the delusion that he has nothing to complain of, and that he ought to be ashamed of rolling in wealth whilst others are starving.
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Harvard Library study room wall VTC statement 1.此刻打盹，你将做梦；而此刻学习，你将圆梦。 2.我荒废的今日，正是昨日殒身之人祈求的明日。 3.觉得为时已晚的时候，恰恰是最早的时候。 4.勿将今日之事拖到明日。 5.学习时的苦痛是暂时的，未学到的痛苦是终生的。 6.学习这件事，不是缺乏时间，而是缺乏努力。 7.幸福或许不排名次，但成功必排名次。 8.学习并不是人生的全部。但，既然连人生的一部分??学习也无法征服，还能做什么呢？ 9.请享受无法回避的痛苦。 10.只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 11.谁也不能随随便便成功，它来自彻底的自我管理和毅力。 12.时间在流逝。 13.现在淌的哈喇子，将成为明天的眼泪。 14.狗一样地学，绅士一样地玩。 15.今天不走，明天要跑。 16.投资未来的人是，忠于现实的人。 17.教育程度代表收入。 18.一天过完，不会再来。 19.即使现在，对手也不停地翻动书页。 20.没有艰辛，便无所获
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刚发现有这个的好东东，嗯，挺好！用起来真是方便！