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石油大王约翰•洛克菲勒一生至少赚了10亿美元，捐出的就有七亿五千万，但他平时十分节俭。 有一天，他下班想搭公共汽车回家，缺一美元，就向他的秘书借.说：“你一定要提醒我还给你，免得我忘了。” 秘书说：“请别介意，一美元算不了什么。” 洛克菲勒听了，一本正经地说：“你怎能说算不了什么呢？把一美元存在银行，要整整10年才有一美元的利息！ ” 这位亿万富翁对金钱的看法是：我不但不做钱财的奴隶，还要把钱财当成奴隶。 Rockefller’s Value Oil magnate John Rockefeller gained at least one billion dollars, in which he donated seven hundred and fifty million. But he was usually very thrifty. One day, when he got off work to go home by bus, he was short of one dollar, so he borrowed it from his secretary, and said, “You must remind me to repay you, lest I forget it.” The secretary said, “Please don’t mind, for one dollar is nothing. On hearing this, Rockefeller said in earnest, “How can you say it is nothing? Put one dollar in the bank for ten years and you can get only one dollar interest!” The billionaire’s attitude towards money was: I wouldn’t be the slave of money, but also use money as a slave. magnate 富豪；巨头；大资本家 donate 捐赠 thrifty 节俭的；节约的 in earnest认真地；诚挚地 |
