When a journalist suggested that the vast wealth of one of Twain's friends, a Standard Oil executive, was "tainted," Twain replied, "It's doubly tainted-t 'aint yours and t 'aint mine."

马克·吐温有个朋友是美孚石油公司的高级管理人员，曾有一个记者暗示，这个朋友的万贯家财很“黑”，吐温回答说：“这是黑了又黑，黑了你的又黑我的。”

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Perhaps consumers could shrug off t he decline in their wealth if they felt confident at work.

如果能从工作中获得自信，也许消费者可以不那么在意资产缩水。

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Never encounter another singer who blatantly showoff his wealth to t treat the public with free milo for just getting into finals of a competition!

从来没有遇到过另一位肆无忌惮地炫耀自己的财富的歌手，只是为了参加比赛的决赛而对公众进行收买！

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You can't have slaves without wealth, because you got to feed them at the very least, and no matter how wicked a master you are, dead slaves are no good to you.

养奴隶没钱是不行的,因为不管你有多恶劣,也得供给他们生存的食物,死人是毫无用处的

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But at some point you have to understand that the benefits of redistribution of wealth don't justify the initial violation of the property right.

但某种程度上说，你得明白,财富重新分配的好处,并不能为侵犯财产权正名。

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I was just yesterday-- I gave a talk in Montreal at the Caisse de Dep?t,et Placement du Quebec, which is the big wealth management fund for the Province of Quebec.

昨天，我刚在蒙特利的魁北克储蓄投资集团,做了一个讲演，这个投资集团是魁北克省的,一所大型财产管理基金机构。

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Edwards jumped into his traditional stump speech, urging Americans to work for a nation that isn't divided by wealth.

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Yes, people are paid unequal amounts, but don't forget how wealth is created and the successful motivated, he says.

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So far this hasn't spoiled the wealth dance.

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