A penny saved is a penny gained.
——Richard Buckminster Fuller，American architect
省下一分钱等于得到一分钱。
——美国建筑师R. B.富勒
All good things are cheap， all bad things are very dear.
——Henry David Thoreau， American writer
一切好的东西都是便宜的，所有坏的东西都是非常贵的。
——美国作家H. D.梭罗
All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.
——Voltaire， French thinker
人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。
——法国思想家伏尔泰
Apply yourself to true riches， it is shameful to depend upon silver and gold for a happy life.
——Lrcius Annaeus Seneca， AncientRoman philosopher
要争取真正的财富，靠金银谋取幸福是不光彩的。
——古罗马哲学家L. A.西尼加
An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of gold.
——Tobias Smollett， British writer
一盎司谨慎抵得上一磅黄金。
——英国作家T.斯摩莱特
Beggars cannot be choosers.
——Du Bose Heywood， American writer
乞丐不能挑肥拣瘦。
——美国作家D. B.海伍德
Beggars do not envy millionaires， though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.
——Bertrand Russell， British philosopher
乞丐并不羡慕百万富翁，尽管他们一定会羡慕比他们乞讨得多的乞丐。
——英国哲学家B.罗素
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
——Benjamin Franklin， American president
放债的比借债的记性好。
——美国总统B.富兰克林
Economy is in itself a source of great revenue.
——Lucius Annaeus Seneca， AncientRoman philosopher
节约本身就是最大的收入。
——古罗马哲学家L. A.西尼加
Few rich men own their property. The property owns them.
——Robert Green Ingersoll， American lawyer
极少富人拥有他们的财产，是财产拥有他们。
——美国律师R. G.英格索尔
I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts： financial worries.
——Jules Renard， French playwright
我终于明白人与野兽的区别在于：人为钱而担忧。
——法国剧作家J.勒纳尔
I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance.
——Oscar II， Swedish king
我宁愿让我的人民嘲笑我的小气也不愿让他们为我的挥霍而哭泣。
——瑞典国王奥斯卡二世
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；如果贫穷，掩饰贫穷却很难。我们不难发现隐藏1000个金币比遮盖
衣服上的一个破洞来得容易。
——英国化妆师C. C.科尔顿
If you would know the value of money， go and try to borrow some.
——Benjamin Franklin， American president
要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。
——美国总统B.富兰克林
If your riches are yours， why dont you take them with you to the other world？
——Benjamin Franklin， American president
如果财富是你的，那么你为什么不把它们和你一起带到另一个世界去呢？
——美国总统B.富兰克林
It is better to live rich than to die rich.
——Samuel Johnson， British writer
与其在死后手中握着一大把钱，还不如活着的时候活得丰富多彩。
——英国作家S.约翰逊
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
有钱去买能得到的东西当然不错，但是不丢失用金钱买不到的东西更好。
——美国记者G. H.洛里默
Men do not desire merely to be rich， but to be richer than other men.
——John Stuart Mill， British economist
人们不仅希望富有，而且希望比他人更富有。
——英国经济学家J. S.穆勒
Money is a good servant and a bad master.
——Francis Bacon， British philosopher
金钱是善仆，也是恶主。
——英国哲学家F.培根
Money is a singular thing， it ranks with love as mans greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety.
——J.K. Galbraith， American economist
钱是最奇怪的东西，当它和爱情在一起时候，是人类幸福最大的源泉；当它和死亡联系在
一起的时候，是人类焦虑的最重要缘由。
——美国经济学家J. K.加尔布雷斯
Money is like muck， not good except it be spread.
——Francis Bacon， British philosopher
金钱好比粪肥，只有撒到大地才是有用之物。
——英国哲学家F.培根
Money is not the root of all evils as is usually claimed， what is the root of all evils is the lust for money， that is the excessive， selfish and greedy pursuit of money.
——Nathaniell Hawthorn， American writer
金钱并非像平常说的那样是万恶之源。而对金钱的贪图，既对金钱过分的、自私的、贪婪的追求，才是一切邪恶的根源。
——美国作家N.霍桑
Money is the sinew of love， as of war.
——George Farquhar， Irish dramatist
金钱是爱情的支柱，犹如金钱是战争的支柱一样。
——爱尔兰剧作家G.法夸尔
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.
——Herrick Ibsen， Norwegian dramatist
金钱可以是许多东西的外壳，却不是里面的果实。它带来食物，却带不来胃口；带来药，却带不来健康；带来相识，却带不来友谊；带来仆人，却带不来他们的忠心；带来享受，却带不来幸福的宁静。
——挪威剧作家H. 易卜生
Money will buy a pretty dog， but it wont buy the wag of his tail.
——J. Billings， American humorist
金钱能买到一条不错的狗，但是买不到它摇动尾巴。
——美国幽默作家J.比林斯
No country， however rich， can afford the waste of its human resources.
——Franklin Roosevelt， American president
任何一个国家，不管它多么富裕，都浪费不起人力资源。
——美国总统F.罗斯福
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， British economist
对于富人来说，贫穷是不可理解的异常现象：他们怎么也弄不明白，那些想要吃饭的人，为什么不摇铃让人送来呢？
——英国经济学家W. 巴杰特
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
——Albert Einstein， American scientist
有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。
——美国科学家A.爱因斯坦
That man is the richest whose pleasure are the cheapest.
——Henry David Thoreau， American writer
能处处寻求快乐的人才是最富有的人。
——美国作家H. D.梭罗
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweet.
——John Gay， British dramatist and poet
啜饮蜜糖的苍蝇在甜蜜中丧生。
——英国剧作家、诗人J.盖伊
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
按照我所能归纳的最好理论，人类是由两个截然不同的种族构成的，即借方与出借方。
——英国散文家C.兰姆
The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing them.
——A. R .Rivarol， French writer
财富对有些人只做了一件事：使他们担心会失去财富。
——法国作家 A. R.里瓦罗尔
The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error， and those of the poor and lowly， for crimes.
——Margrerite Blessington， Irish writer
富人和伟人的罪恶被错当作谬误，穷人和凡人的过失却被错当作犯罪。
——爱尔兰作家M.布莱辛顿
There are only two families in the world， as a grandmother of mine used to say， the haves and the havenots.
——Miguel de Cervantes， Spanish novelist
正如我的一位祖母说过的那样，这个世界上只有两家人：那就是富人和穷人。
——西班牙小说家M.塞万提斯
Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.
——Gerald Brenan， British writer
手头上有点钱的人认为爱是世界上最重要的东西，而穷人则明白世界上最重要的是金钱。
——英国作家G.布伦南
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 writer
如果以为我们变富后不会像有钱人那样行事，这无异地以为我们能终日豪饮，但又能保持头脑清醒。
——美国作家L. P.史密斯
