AlbertEinstein's "Humble" Advice on Happiness Sells for a Whopping Price

Albert Einstein's "humble" advice on happiness sells for ￡1.18 million.

"A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant①constant英 ['k?nst(?)nt]美 ['kɑnst?nt] adj. 不變的；恒定的；經(jīng)常的restlessness that comes with it." Scribbled briefly on a piece of paper, this advice from Albert Einstein has just sold at auction②auction 英 ['??k?(?)n] 美 ['?k??n] vt. 拍賣；競賣 n. 拍賣 awe 英 [??] 美 [?] vt.使敬畏；使畏怯 n. 敬畏for ￡1.18 million.

The renowned physicist had no money to tip a bellboy, so wrote him the note instead saying that it would be worth more than a tip one day if he kept hold of③keep hold of握緊（抓住不放）root in來源于；起因于it.

Around 100 years later, his prediction was proved correct – as the note made the bellboy's nephew a millionaire when he contacted④contact英 ['k?nt?kt]美 ['kɑnt?kt] n. 接觸，聯(lián)系 v. 使接觸，聯(lián)系 sign 英 [sa?n] 美[sa?n] n. 跡象；符號(hào)；記號(hào)；手勢；指示牌vi. 簽署；簽名 vt. 簽署；示意an auction house to put it up for sale.

Winner's Auctions and Exhibitions in Jerusalem organised the sale of the note,along with another which he wrote at the same time saying "Where there's a will there’s a way" (this one seems less genius).

The happiness note was only expected to⑤incompetence 英[?n'k?mp?t(?)ns] 美[?n'kɑmp?t?ns]n. 無資格，不勝任；無能力；不適當(dāng)；不熟練be expected to有望做某事；被期待做某事sell for between $5,000 and$8,000 , but it clearly meant something special to someone.

Written at the height of his success,there's speculation⑥pursue 英 [p?'sju?]美 [p?'s?] vt. 繼續(xù)；從事；追趕；糾纏 vi. 追趕；繼續(xù)進(jìn)行speculation英 [,spekj?'le??n]美 [,sp?kju'le??n]n. 投機(jī)；推測；思索；投機(jī)買賣Einstein might have been musing⑦be ashamed of 為……感到羞恥 muse 英 [mju?z] 美[mjuz] n. 沉思；冥想vt. 沉思；沉思地說 vi.沉思；凝望on his career so far.

If You Are Scared,Know that You're Notan Idiot:critical 英 ['kr?t?k(?)l]美 ['kr?t?kl]adj. 鑒定的；批評(píng)的，愛挑剔的；危險(xiǎn)的；決定性的；評(píng)論的t shows he had daily concerns⑧strength 英 [stre?θ;stre?kθ] 美 [str??θ] n.力量；力氣；兵力；長處concern英 [k?n's??n]美 [k?n's?n]vt. 涉及，關(guān)系到；使擔(dān)心n. 關(guān)系；關(guān)心；關(guān)心的事；憂慮to think about too, just like the rest of us –although the rest of us didn't work out the Special Theory of Relativity. The identity of the European online buyer has not been revealed.