MONEY See also: luxury; materialism; possessions; prosperity; riches; wealth | 金錢 |
Few things test a person's spirituality more
accurately than the way he uses money. A. W. Tozer 只有少數幾件事情能比看一個人用錢的方式更能正確測出一個人的靈命光景。 |
Money is like sea-water; the
more a man drink, the more thirsty he becomes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 金錢就像海水,喝得越多越覺得乾渴。 |
There are no pockets in a shroud. Old Proverb 壽衣沒有口袋。 |
You can blot out the sun if
you hold a penny close enough to your eye. Fyodor Dostoevsky 你可以遮住太陽,如果你拿一毛錢盡量貼近你的眼睛。 |
Money is like muck, no good unless it is spread. Francis Bacon 金錢就像堆肥一樣,除非你使用否則一無是處。 |
The love of money is a
greater curse to the church than the aggregate of all the other evils in the world. Samuel Chadwick 貪愛錢財是教會最大的咒詛,遠勝於世間一切惡事的總和。 |
Time and money are the heaviest burdens of life, and
the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use. Samuel Johnson 時間與金錢是生命最沈重的負擔,世間最不快樂的人就是空有兩者而不知如何使用的人。 |
The real measure of our
wealth is how much we'd be worth if we lost all our money. John Henry Jowett 確實衡量我們是否富足的方法是看我們失去一切錢財後還有多少價值。 |
He that serves God for money will serve the devil
for better wages. Roger L'Estrange 為了金錢而事奉上帝的人,會為了更高的工資事奉魔鬼。 |
If a man's religion does not
affect his use of money, that man's religion is vain. Hugh Martin 如果一個人的信仰不能影響他用錢的方式,這個人的信仰是徒然的。 |
The key to our whole relationship to money lies in
the attitude of our minds towards it. Kenneth F. W. Prior 我們與金錢的整體關係取決於我們對金錢的觀念。 |
The poorest man I know is
the man who has nothing but money. John D. Rockefeller 我知道的最貧窮的人就是甚麼都沒有就只有錢的人。 |
Two-thirds of all the strafes, quarrels and lawsuits
in the world arise from one simple cause - money! J. C. Ryle 世上三分之二的衝突、爭吵及訴訟均肇因於一個簡單的原因 - 金錢! |
Mammon is the largest
slave-holder in the world. Frederick Saunders 瑪門(金錢)是世間上最大的蓄奴者。 |
Money has never yet made anyone rich. Seneca 金錢從來沒有使任何一個人富足過。 |
Money - the greatest god
below the sky. Herbert Spence 金錢 - 天底下最大的神。 |
Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money. Tertullian 上帝所有的沒有一件是可以用錢買到的。 |
When I have any money I get
rid of it as quickly as possible, lest it find a way into my heart. John Wesley 當我有錢時,我要盡快的擺脫它,免得它找到路進入我的心中。 |
If you want to know what god thinks of money, just
look at the people he gave it to. Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967) 如果你想知道神對錢的看法,只要看看那些祂給了錢的人。 |
You can buy a pretty good
dog with a lot of money, but you can't buy the wag of its tail. Josh Billings (1818 - 1885) 你可以花大筆錢買一條漂亮的狗,可是你買不到狗兒搖動的尾巴。 |
Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an
obstacle. Ken Hakuta 沒有錢不是障礙。缺乏理想才是障礙。 |
Money can't buy friends, but
it can get you a better class of enemy. Spike Milligan 金錢買不到朋友,不過可以買到水準較高的仇敵。 |
Make money your god and it will plague you like the
devil. Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754) 把金錢當成你的神,祂就會像魔鬼一樣折磨你。 |
A wise man should have money
in his head, but not in his heart. Jonathan Swift 聰明人將金錢放在頭腦而不是放在心裡。 |
Money can't buy happiness; it can, however, rent it. Josh Billings 金錢買不到幸福,不過,可以租得到幸福。 |
Do not hire a man who does
your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) 不要聘請一個為了錢而幫你工作的人,而是請一位熱愛這份工作的人。 |
Money: There's nothing in
the world so demoralizing as money. Sophocles (495 BC - 406 BC), Antigone 金錢:在這世上沒有一個東西比金錢更能敗壞道德。 |
If money is your hope for independence you will
never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of
knowledge, experience, and ability. Henry Ford (1863 - 1947) 如果金錢是你能夠獨立自主的寄望,那你永不會達成願望。一個人在這世上能擁有的真正安全感來自知識、經驗及能力的累積。 |
Giving money and power to
government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P.J. O'Rourke 把錢與權交給政府就像是給青少年一瓶威士忌和汽車鑰匙。 |
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me
truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious
attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable
board. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Walden," the Conclusion 給我真相的不是愛情、金錢或名聲。我坐在豐盛菜餚、美酒的桌前,賓客逢迎卑躬,但卻缺少懇切與真誠;我帶著飢餓離開這缺乏熱忱款待的盛宴。 |
The man who does not work
for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in
life. Charles M. Schwab 一個不熱愛工作卻只為賺錢的人,可能終其一生既賺不到錢也享受不到工作的樂趣。 |
The way by which you may get money almost without
exception leads downward. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) 你藉以得到金錢的道路幾乎沒有例外的都是領到下坡的路。 |
Money is a terrible master
but an excellent servant. Phineas Taylor Barnum 金錢是能幹的僕人,但卻是可怕的主人。 |
Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real
world, whether you have money or not. Jerry Gellis 富足意味著不論你是有錢或沒錢,而能快樂、舒適的在真實世界過日子。 |
He who loses money losses
much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he who loses faith loses all. Henry H. Haskins 一個人失去金錢是損失不少。一個人失去朋友,那可是莫大損失。一個人若是失去信心,他就失去一切。 |
Like fire, money itself is neither good nor evil.
It is neutral, in character determined by the eye of the perceiever, the hand of
the user. Jerrold Mundis 金錢與火一樣,本身無所謂好壞,而是中性的,其性質端看你的角度和使用方式而定。 |