“穷查理”非但不穷，而且还身份显赫，他就是大名鼎鼎的美国国父：本杰明.富兰克林。这本书记录了他从1733年到1758年的历书集合，里面总结了很多各国前人的智慧，有很多名言警句，也是查理芒格力荐阅读的一本书。这本书也是入选了“塑造美国的88本书”系列。
以下是一些我摘抄的一些内容:
明白大多数药都没有效果的医生，才是最好的医生。
He's the best physician that know the worthlessness of most medicines.
财富和满足并非总是同床共枕。
Weath and content are not always bed-fellows.
挑剔爱情的人，心被爱情挑剔。
Who dainties love, shall Beggars prove.
把钱借给敌人，就赢得了他； 把钱借给朋友，就失去了他。
Lend Money to an Enemy, and thou’lt gain him, to a Friend and thou’lt lose him.
钱包轻，心沉重。
Light pure, heavy heart.
傻瓜才让医生做自己的财产继承人。
He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir.
登门拜访要像冬季的白天一样短暂，否则会让人讨厌被人赶。
Visitors shold be short like a winter's day. Lest you're too tronblesome hasten away.
纵容罪恶就是对善良的伤害。
Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.
慷慨不是给得多，而是给得巧。
Liberality is not giving much but giving wisely.
吃是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃。
Eat to live ,and not live to eat.
检验金子的是女人，检验女人的是金子，检验男人的则是女人。
The proof of gold is fire, the proof of woman, gold; the proof of man, a woman.
在酒中征求意见，在水中拿定注意。（头脑不清，慢做决定）
Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.
傻瓜的新在嘴里，聪明人的嘴在心里。
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is i his heart.
奶酪和咸肉不可狼吞虎咽，只能细嚼慢咽。
Cheese and salt meat, should be sparingly eat.
瑞雪兆丰年。
Snowy winter, a prientiful harvest.
上帝不时创造出奇迹。
看！我们有了老实人和律师！
God works wonders now & then;
Behold! a lawyer, an honest man!
不勤劳的人，过不上好日子。
No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.
收货的希望减轻劳作的苦伤。
Hope of gain, lessens pain.
一狗不能猎两兔。
Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.
节省则样样便宜，浪费则件件昂贵。
All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful.
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