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一个人怎样使用钱——包括赚钱、存钱和花钱——或许是检测他的才智高低的最好的方法之一。虽然金钱绝不能作为一个人生活的主要目的,但是,它也不是无关痛痒的东西,不能从观念上加以蔑视。在实际生活中,在很大程度上,金钱是获得感官快乐和社会地位的手段。事实上,人性中的一些最优秀的品质是与正确使用金钱密切相关的。例如,慷慨、诚实、公平和自我牺牲精神,更不用说经济节俭的美德。另一方面,是它们的对立面,如贪婪、欺诈、不公平和自私,就像一个爱财如命的人所表现出来的一样。一部分人滥用和误
How one person uses money—including making money, saving money, and spending money—is perhaps one of the best ways to measure his intelligence. Although money must not be used as the main purpose of a person’s life, it is not an irrelevant thing and cannot be despised from the point of view. In real life, to a large extent, money is a means to gain sensory pleasure and social status. In fact, some of the best qualities in human nature are closely related to the proper use of money. For example, generosity, honesty, fairness and self-sacrifice, not to mention the virtues of economic thrift. On the other hand, it is their opposites, such as greed, fraud, injustice and selfishness, as they are manifested by a person who loves money. Some people abused and misunderstood