智慧书

序号	标题	中文	英文
101	101	101．世界上一半的人在嘲笑另一半的人，其实所有的人都是傻瓜所有的事情都可以是坏的或是好的，关键要看你怎么去看待它们。一个人追求的东西可能是另一个人很讨厌的东西，用自己的眼光去衡量所有的事情是极其愚蠢的。完美并不意味着只让一个人满意：个人的趣味和人的脸一样形色各异。对你来说是不好的东西，总会有人喜欢。不要因为一件东西不能取悦于某些人你就对之看法不佳，总会有其他人欣赏它的。当然他们的喝采也会受人指责。真正让人满意的标准是那些知道如何判断事物等级的名人的认可。一个人活着不能光听从一种意见，一种习惯，或是一个世纪的行为规范。	101 One half of the World laughs at the other, and Fools are they all. Everything is good or everything is bad according to the votes they gain. What one pursues another persecutes. He is an insufferable ass that would regulate everything according to his ideas. Excellences do not depend on a single man’s pleasure. So many men, so many tastes, all different. There is no defect which is not affected by some, nor need we lose heart if things please not some, for others will appreciate them. Nor need their applause turn our head, for there will surely be others to condemn. The real test of praise is the approbation of famous men and of experts in the matter. You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.
102	102	102．天降大福须有大气度受之谨慎者的身躯应该有大的喉咙。才大者其组成部分亦必大。如果你有最好的运气，就不要只满足于享受一般的好运气。有些东西有人吃了饱，另外的人吃了却感到饿。有人因为没有胃口而浪费精美的食物：对于高位显爵，他们生来就不适应，即使后来学也学不会去适应。他们和别人相处，日久关系必坏；一种虚假的荣誉蒙蔽了他们的头脑，最后使他们失去了荣誉。他们在高位上头晕目眩，有了好运却往往心迷神乱，因为他们的胸襟里压根儿就没有搁好运的地方。是伟人就应该显示出对于好运总有来者不拒的雅量，并能小心地避免一切有可能使他显得胸襟狭隘的东西。	102 Be able to stomach big slices of Luck. In the body of wisdom not the least important organ is a big stomach, for great capacity implies great parts. Big bits of luck do not embarrass one who can digest still bigger ones. What is a surfeit for one may be hunger for another. Many are troubled as it were with weak digestion, owing to their small capacity, being neither born nor trained for great employment. Their actions turn sour, and the humours that arise from their undeserved honours turn their head and they incur great risks in high place: they do not find their proper place, for luck finds no proper place in them. A man of talent therefore should show that he has more room for even greater enterprises, and above all avoid showing signs of a little heart.
103	103	103．每个人都应有适合自己的尊严不是每个人都能做国王，但不论你的阶层和条件，你的言行举止应与王者看齐。无论做什么，你都应有王者风度。要有崇高的行动和崇高的心灵。如果你在现实中成不了王者，你要在你的品质上成为王者，因为真正的王者风度在于你的正直。如果你自己能遵循成为伟人的标准，你就不会嫉妒其它的伟人。那些王座周围的人尤其应该具有某种真正的崇高秉赋。他们应该像王者那样具有伟大的道德风范，而不是表面的排场。他们应该希求高尚而实在的东西，而不是追求浮华	103 Let each keep up his Dignity. Let each deed of a man in its degree, though he be not a king, be worthy of a prince, and let his action be princely within due limits. Sublime in action, lofty in thought, in all things like a king, at least in merit if not in might. For true kingship lies in spotless rectitude, and he need not envy greatness who can serve as a model of it. Especially should those near the throne aim at true superiority, and prefer to share the true qualities of royalty rather than take parts in its mere ceremonies, yet without affecting its imperfections but sharing in its true dignity.
104	104	104．明察一项工作所需条件每项工作都不一样，要理解这种多样性，需要知识和洞察力。一些工作需要勇气，一些需要细致。那些只要诚实就能做成的是最简单的；最难的是那些需要灵巧计谋的工作。前者只需要自然的才干，后者却需要不同程度的专注和警觉。要统治人很困难，更困难的是管理傻子和疯子。要统治那些一无所有的人需要双倍的才智。要全身心投入整天不断重复的工作是让人无法忍受的。更好的工作是那些不致使我们厌烦、本身有重要性、多变且能不断更新我们的品味的工作。最受尊敬的工作则是那些包含了最多或最少的依赖性的工作。最差的工作是那些使我们做得最辛苦的工作，不但现在做不完，将来也做不完，甚至越干越苦。	104 Try your hand at Office. It requires varied qualities, and to know which is needed taxes attention and calls for masterly discernment. Some demand courage, others tact. Those that merely require rectitude are the easiest, the most difficult those requiring cleverness. For the former all that is necessary is character; for the latter all one’s attention and zeal may not suffice. ’Tis a troublesome business to rule men, still more fools or blockheads: double sense is needed with those who have none. It is intolerable when an office engrosses a man with fixed hours and a settled routine. Those are better that leave a man free to follow his own devices, combining variety with importance, for the change refreshes the mind. The most in repute are those that have least or most distant dependence on others; the worst is that which worries us both here and hereafter.
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