It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
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從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
adj. 自主的;不相關連的;無黨派的;不相干的人所做的（或提供的）;
n. 獨立自主的人;無黨派人士;
?? in不+depend依靠+ent...的 → 不依靠的 → 獨立的
"The evidence was corroborated by two independent witnesses."
此證據由兩名獨立證人提供。
近義：liberated, maverick, nonpartisan, autonomic, autonomous, indie
反義：associate, attache, provisionary, provisory, reliant, secondary
n. 偉大;崇高;著名;大;
"A man's deed is the touchstone of his greatness or littleness."
行動是一個人偉大或者渺小的試金石.
近義：immensity, magnitude, majesty, stateliness, vastness, grandeur
反義：nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy
n. 方法（ mean的名詞復數）;手段;收入;財富;
v. 意味著（ mean的第三人稱單數）;引起;打算或注定要某人成為或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
調查之事遠未蓋棺定論。
近義：approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy
n. 小, 貧乏, 小氣
近義：shortness, slightness, tininess, trifle, minuteness, diminutiveness
反義：influence, ascendancy, predominance, prevalence, prominence, pull