能控制自己不要买太多不必要的衣服就再好不过了，但我知道其中很多人都有购物癖，就算那些没购物癖的人时间长了也会堆积一堆东西。

It’s best if you refrain from buying too many more unnecessary clothes, but I know some of you are shopaholics, and even the rest of us accumulate stuff over time.

youdao

其实这三个想法都不真确，拥有物质只能提供短暂的快乐，因为再好的东西也会令人日久生厌，到头来必然又期望得到更新、更大、更好的。

Possessions only provide temporary happiness. Because things do not change, we eventually become bored with them and then want newer, bigger, better versions.

youdao

世界上再好的东西，如果遇上丧心病狂的人都会被砸毁。

An object, no matter how nice it is, will be broken down if meeting lunatic guys.

youdao

If you wanted something, and this is still true in France today, it doesn't do any good to go to the local notable, like you did in the eighteenth century and say, "hey,monsieur,the little guy, it would be great if we had a school."

如果你想要什么东西,这在今天的法国仍然是事实,去当地的贵族那里绝无收获,就像是你在十八世纪的时候说,"嘿,小子,如果我有一所学校就再好不过了"

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