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窮理查說：「買你不需要的東西； 持續賣掉你的生活所需。」
一個窮字百樣缺。 For one poor Man there are an hundred indigent.
廚房太大間，意志最不堅。 A fat kitchin, a lean Will.
嗜欲若多，再多的東西都不夠。 If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.
愛慕虛榮的確是種空虛的詛咒； 你要是迷戀任何風潮，最好先看看你的荷包。 Fond Pride of Dress is sure an empty Curse; E're Fancy you consult, consult your Purse.
裙擺做得長，錢包輕得慌。 A large train makes a light Purse.
許多人都認為自己買到了享受， 但其實是將自己賣給了享受當奴隸。 Many a Man thinks he is buying Pleasure, when he is really selling himself a Slave to it.
美色與美酒，賭博與詐欺， 會讓財富貶低，慾望無底。 Women & Wine, Game & Deceit, Make the Wealth small and the Wants great.
克制最初的慾望還不算難， 滿足隨之而來的其他慾望才難辦。 'Tis easier to suppress the first Desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
揮霍的人常比貪婪的人更不義。 The Prodigal generally does more Injustice than the Covetous.
痛飲眨眼三百杯，掏錢卻要找三天。 He that drinks fast, pays slow.
富裕剛在馬背上坐好，韁繩就放掉， 隨即就從鞍上被甩掉。 When Prosperity was well mounted, she let go the Bridle, and soon came tumbling out of the Saddle. ──摘自《窮理查年鑑（珍藏版）》， 柿子文化出版
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