二十年前人们还认为不存在房产财富效应，后来虽然有研究发现了房产价值变动对消费支出的影响，但比股价变动而产生的影响要小得多。

Two decades ago, it was considered to be non-existent. Then studies found that changes in property values did affect spending, but by less than changes in share prices did.

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正如对单调乏味的几年的厌倦是对一生的有价值的预备，因此发掘无聊乏味之外存在的奢华和悲惨的世界是有裨益的。

Just as being bored by years of monotony is a valuable preparation for life, so is finding out that there's a world of luxury and misery beyond that tedium.

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对于一个框架来讲，使其有存在价值的最好例证就是有让你去用它的原因，它应该能完成一些别人无法做到的事情。

For a framework to really make a good case for its existence, and therefore a reason for you to use it, it should satisfy needs that aren't met by other alternatives.

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And we need to ask in the case of higher or worthier pleasures are there theories of the good life that can provide independent moral standards for the worth of pleasures?

我们要问，就更高的或更有价值的快乐而言,是否存在“良善生活“的理论,能为快乐的价值,提供独立的道德标准？

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"Life's always worth living; " it's always better than non-existence."

活着总是有它的价值;,“活着总比不存在要好“

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