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第52章 幸 福 Happiness

不创造财富就无权享受财富;不创造幸福就无权享受幸福。

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

不昧良心才会有真正的幸福。

The foundation of true joy is in the conscience.

财富属于真正享受它们的人。

Goods are theirs that enjoy them.

财富未必带来幸福。

Riches do not always bring happiness.

吃过苦方知幸福甜。

Who has mever tasted what is bitter does not know that is sweet.

Who has never tasted bitter knows not what is sweet.

儿时幸福,长大吃苦。摇篮里穿鞋,麦茬地里赤足。

Shod in the cradle, barefoot in the stubble.

健康是一切幸福的基础。

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

苦尽甘来。

Sweet are the uses of adversity.(莎士比亚)

苦尽甜来。

After sorrow, joy.

No sweat, no sweet.

No sweet without sweat.

Pain past is pleasure.

Sweet is pleasure after pain.

苦与乐是近邻。

Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbors.

劳动创造幸福。

Where bees are, there is homey.

劳动的果实是所有乐趣中最甜的。

Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest.

泪水播种,收获快乐。

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

没有痛苦的幸福是不存在的。

No rose without a thorn.

There is no rose without a thorn.

No weal without woe.

There is no joy without alloy.

There is no pleasure without pain.

There is no wheat without chaff(谷壳).

人逢喜事精神爽。

A happy heart makes a blooming visage(面容).

A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance.

Joy puts heart into a man.

Merry heart makes a cheerful countenance.

日子越美好,事业越顺当。

The better the day, the better the deed.

生在福中不知福。

The golden age was never the present age.

使他人幸福的人,才真正是幸福的。

He is truly happy who makes others happy.

受过苦难的人最懂得幸福。

No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil.

所有的人自由后,才能完全自由;所有的人都有道德,才能完全合乎道德;所有的人都幸福了,才能真正幸福。

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

贪图安逸得不到幸福。幸福的路不是建筑在羽绒的床上。

The way to bliss lies not on beds of down.

往事艰辛回味甜。

That which was better to endure may be sweet to remember.

往昔的功绩回味甜。

Sweet is the memory of departed worth.

无物可失的人快乐无穷。

Merry is he that hath naught to lose.

新奇生乐趣。

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

幸福的唯一途径就是在世界上做有用的事。

To be of use in the world is the only way to be happy.

幸福靠自己来创造。

Man is the artificer of his own happiness.

幸福失去时,方知其可贵。

Blessings are not valued till they are gone.

幸福属于不欠债的人。

Happy is he who owes nothing.

幸福属于懂得自己年轻时的愚蠢的人。

Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.

幸福属于能将他人的不幸引为鉴戒的人。

Happy is he who can take warning from the mishaps of others.

幸福属于善于吸取他人教训的人。

Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.

幸福属于童年快乐的人。

Happy is he that is happy in childhood.

幸福属于享受天伦之乐的人。

Happy is he who is happy in his children.

幸福属于知足的人。

Happy is he who is content.

幸福易寻难维持。

Fortune is easy found, but hard to be kept.

幸运归于寻求幸运的人们。

Luck comes to those who look after it.

幸运来自诚实的劳动和认真的努力。

Fortune waits on honest toil and earnest endeavor.

幸运女神常常嘉奖耐心等待她的人。

Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her.

幸运青睐勇者。

Fortune favors the bold / the brave.

幸运青睐有判断力的人。

Fortune favors those who use their judgment.

幸运善待勇士,不善待懦夫。

Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward.

要想为幸福奠定可靠的基础,就让美名成为拐角处的石头。

If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation.

要想幸福,最可靠的办法是忙碌。

The surest way to be happy is to be busy.

再可怜的人也知道世间有快乐。

It is a poor heart that never rejoices(快乐).

知足常乐。

A contented mind is a perpetual(永久的)feast.

Content is happiness.

Content is the philosopher’s stone, that turns all it touches into gold.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Enough is better than too much.

Enough is enough.

Happiness consists in contentment.

So much is mine as I enjoy.

What’s more miserale than discontent?

Who is contented, enjoys.

知足胜于财富。

Contentment is better than riches.

知足是用之不竭的财富。

Content is an inexhaustible treasure.

只有善于控制情绪的人是幸福的。

He alone is happy who commands his passions.

助人为乐。让别人幸福的人自己也幸福。

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

自私的人找不到幸福。

Self is a bad guide to happiness.

最大的幸福不是杀害别人,而是为别人牺牲自己。

Our happiness consists not in killing others, but in sacrificing ourselves for others.

最高境界才会有最大的幸福。

The sweetest grapes hang the highest.