Jack: I can't figure out the reason why some people can always succeed while others never seem to have the luck going for them.

Lucy: That's because some are wise, others are otherwise.

Jack: But why should we often say that men are created equal?

Lucy: Yes, all men are equal, but some men are more equal than others.

Jack: There's actually no equality.

Lucy: No, besides, everything has two sides. A dark side and a bright side.

Jack: That reminds me of a proverb: Every bean has its black.

Lucy: That's right. Successful people also have trouble and worries.

Jack: But they get more happiness than worries.

Lucy: Depends on how you look at them. They may think they have more worries than happiness, But happiness is in the mind.

Jack: I think it is true. One man's meat is another man's poison.

Lucy: That's right. But there's a general standard of happiness.

Jack: Can you give me some of the happiness you think?

Lucy: To start with, happiness consists in contentment.

Jack: So those who are content are happy?

Lucy: That's right. And many people think that happy is he who owes nothing.

Jack: Of course. You can't be happy if you owe much to other people.

Lucy: I don't owe anything, so I am always happy.

【注】

1 can't figure out the reason why...（习）搞不懂为什么......

2 Some men are wise, other men are otherwise.

（名人名言）有些人很睿智，有些人却不然。

3 Men are created equal. （谚）人都是平等的。

4 All men are equal, but some men are more equal than others.

（名人名言）人都是平等的，只不过是有些人比别人更平等。喻指：人是不平等的。

5 Everything has two sides.（谚）凡事都有两面。

6 Every bean has its black. （谚）再坏的事也有好的一面。

7 Happiness is in the mind. （谚）认为自己幸福就是幸福。

8 One man's meat is another man's poison. （谚）喻指：人各有所好。

9 Happiness consists in contentment. （谚）知足者常乐。

10 Happy is he who owes nothing. （谚）无债一身轻的人是幸福的。
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