【汉译英】围炉夜话（第一一四则）(读书不下苦功）

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　读书不下苦功，妄想显荣，岂有此理？为人全无好处，欲邀福庆，从何得来？
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You dream of fame will remain a pipe dream if you do not devote yourself to study,
' l7 t3 D: R% x1 j6 P9 ]" p- lgood luck will not come your way if you do not benefit others in interacting with them.
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读书不下苦功，妄想显荣，岂有此理？为人全无好处，欲邀福庆，从何得来？

& H6 @  |: R( oHow can you expect to win fame without devoting yourself to study?
How can you expect to have good luck without doing anything to benefit others?

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) @" i! l3 Y9 k" n: K3 @  X4 {& w, B读书不下苦功，妄想显荣，岂有此理？为人全无好处，欲邀福庆，从何得来？
How can you hope to gain glory without making painstaking efforts to study?
# ?9 G' s, q1 V7 DHow can you hope to have good luck without doing anything to benefit others?