APAD: One man's meat is another man's poison

Meaning: Everything is relative - what one person values, another may think worthless.

 

Background: This expression originates in antiquity. Whether the Roman poet and

philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus (known as Lucretius) coined the expression in

the first century BC, or merely repeated it, his is the oldest known reference:

"quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum" (what is food for one man may be

bitter poison to others).

 

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So that's one legit reason for people to disagree and crimes in societies.

Ancient Chinese wisdom tries to contain the situation by divide-and-conquer:

small countries with not many citizens, but the theory's no match for human

wants. It sounds like the Matrix:

    

    Did you know that the first Matrix was designed to

    be a perfect human world? Where none _suffered_, where

    everyone would be.._happy_. It was a disaster. No one would

    accept the program, entire crops were lost.

 

Next to the ideal solution, money seems the most successful story invented so

far in getting people to cooperate.

所有跟帖： 

• What is one man‘s trash is another ‘s treasure:)） -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 14:03:45

• 这些被人译成“甲之蜜糖、乙之砒霜”，应该是大体准确的。 -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 14:25:46

• +100086 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 14:59:53

• +100086 -盈盈一笑间 -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 16:03:35

• 如果甲把他的蜜糖却是乙的砒霜送给乙，乙该怎么办呢？ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 16:46:10

• communicate :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 18:55:16

• Run. -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 20:03:58

• Yes. Same thing. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 16:03:06

• 占位点赞！ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 15:00:23

• 中英文真是相通的。东西方文化有不少可以共享的内容。。多谢分享～～ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 15:07:09

• 肆意发挥，见笑了:-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 16:05:18

• Can we say: women have common sense, but men do not :)) -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 16:44:31

• Sure. More often that's the case :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/10/2023 postreply 18:41:38