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E. M. Forster在一篇随笔《My Wood(我的树林)》中说风趣机智地说出了拥有财产对人们心理的影响,他拥有一片树林,却产生了如下影响:
In the first place, it makes me feel heavy.
In the second place, it makes me feel it ought to be larger.
In the third place, property makes its owner feel that he ought to do something to it.
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拥有财产会使人的心情沉重,患得患失,增加贪欲,富则多事,总之,不见得是件完全的好事,所谓“Possession is one with loss”。
说句不近人情的话,如果要做好学术,最好不要拥有太多财产,妻室都不要有。不是很多伟人都是在贫困或光棍的情况下做出伟大的贡献吗?
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