The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another. 人类生活的不幸和混乱,其主要原因似乎在于高估了一种境况和另一种境况之间的差别。
我们不能借着肉贩,啤酒商或面包师的善行而获得晚餐,而是源于他们对自身利益的看重。
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest.