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曆經時光淘洗而不衰的處世經典/1
1.萬物已近極致/3 Everything is at its acme 2.品性與智慧/3 Character and intellect 3.做事時常留有懸念/3 Keep matters for a time in suspense 4.有識亦應有膽/5 Knowledge and courage 5.讓別人依賴你/5 Create a feeling of dependence 6.至善至美的境界/7 A man at his highest point 7.不要比上司更耀眼/9 Avoid victories over superiors 8.不被激情左右/11 To be without passions 9.避免土生土長的缺陷/11 Avoid the faults of your nation 10.財富與名望/13 Fortune and fame 11.擇師而交/13 Cultivate those who can teach you 12.自然和人工:原料與加工/15 Nature and art 13.有時三思而行,有時立下決斷/15 Act sometimes on second thoughts, sometimes on first impulse 14.事物本身及做事的方法/19 The thing itself and the way it is done 15.廣納賢人/19 Keep ministering spirits 16.學識和善心/21 Knowledge and good intentions 17.變換你的行為模式/21 Vary the mode of action 18.能力和努力/23 Application and ability 19.事前不要讓人期望過高/25 Arouse no exaggerated expectations on entering 20.生逢其時的人/27 A man of the age 21.幸運之道/27 The art of being lucky 22.學以致用/29 A man of knowledge to the point 23.沒有瑕疵/29 Be spotless 24.控製自己的幻想/31 Keep the imagination under control 25.善於領會弦外之音/31 Know how to take a hint 26.揪出他人的把柄/33 Find out each man’s thumbscrew 27.求精深重於求廣博/33 Prize intensity more than extent 28.超凡脫俗/35 Common in nothing 29.剛直的人/35 A man of rectitude 30.不做毀譽之事/37 Have naught to do with occupations of ill-repute 31.學會趨利避害/39 Select the lucky and avoid the unlucky 32.因善行而聞名/39 Have the reputation of being gracious 33.知道如何逃避/41 Know how to withdraw 34.了解自己的最強項/41 Know your strongest point 35.遇事斟酌,遇要事則更要斟酌/43 Think over things, most over the most important 36.進退之際,了解時運/45 In acting or refraining, weigh your luck 37.準備一些譏誚話,並善加利用/45 Keep a store of sarcasms, and know how to use them 38.急流勇退/47 Leave your luck while winning 39.了解事物成熟的時機,並善加利用/49 Recognize when things are ripe, and then enjoy them 40.獲得人們的好感/49 Gain the goodwill of people 41.切勿言過其實/51 Never exaggerate 42.天生為王/53 Born to wommand 43.心隨精英,口隨大眾/53 Think with the few and speak with the many 44.英雄相惜/55 Sympathy with great minds 45.狡猾可以運用,但不能濫用/57 Use, but do not abuse, cunning 46.控製你的反感情緒/57 Master your antipathies 47.避免“為榮譽而決鬥”/59 Avoid “affairs of honour” 48.做一個有深度的人至關重要/59 So much depends on being a person of depth 49.明察善斷/61 Observation and judgment 50.不失自尊/61 Never lose self-respect 51.選擇有道/63 Know how to choose well 52.從不慌亂/63 Never be put out 53.聰明且勤奮/65 Be diligent and intelligent 54.懂得展示你的勇氣/65 Know how to show your teeth 55.善於等待/67 Wait 56.隨機應變/67 Have presence of mind 57.慢且穩/69 Be slow and Sure 58.恰當展現自己/69 Adapt yourself to your company 59.要有完美的收場/71 Finish off well 60.判斷準確/71 A sound judgment 61.卓越之處求卓越/73 To excel in what is excellent 62.善其事必先利其器/73 Use good instruments 63.搶先為上/75 To be the first of the kind is an excellence 64.遠離煩惱/77 Avoid worry 65.培養高雅的品味/77 Elevated taste 66.使結局完美/79 See that things end well 67.選擇能夠獲得殊榮的行業/81 Choose an occupation that wins distinction 68.點撥其心智,勝於助其回憶/81 It is better to help with intelligence than with memory 69.不要衝動行事/83 Do not give way to every common impulse 70.學會拒絕/85 Know how to refuse 71.不要左右搖擺/87 Do not vacillate 72.要當機立斷/87 Be resolute 73.安然退避/89 Utilize slips 74.與人為善/89 Do not be unsociable 75.選擇一位英雄作為偶像/91 Choose a heroic ideal 76.不要總開玩笑/93 Do not always be jesting 77.做人須八麵玲瓏/93 Be all things to all men 78.做事有道/95 The art of undertaking things 79.輕鬆快活的個性/95 A genial disposition 80.獲取信息要謹慎/97 Take care to get information 81.勇於推陳出新/97 Renew your brilliance 82.凡事無論好與壞,不要走極端/99 Drain nothing to the dregs, neither good nor ill 83.容許自己有無傷大雅之過/99 Allow yourself some venial fault 84.善用對手/101 Make use of your enemies 85.不做無所不知之人/103 Do not be a wild card 86.預防流言蜚語/103 Prevent scandal 87.文明和高雅/105 Culture and elegance 88.舉止高貴大方/107 Let your behaviour be fine and noble 89.了解自己/107 Know yourself 90.長壽的秘密/109 The secret of long life 91.對做某事審慎與否若有疑慮,就別著手去做/109 Never set to work at anything if you have any doubts of its prudence 92.要有超凡的智慧/111 Transcendent wisdom 93.多才多藝/111 Versatility 94.讓你的才能高深莫測/113 Keep the extent of your abilities unknown 95.讓人們保持對你的期望/113 Keep expectation alive 96.至高無上的辨別力/113 The highest discretion 97.贏得並維護美名/115 Obtain and preserve a reputation 98.掩飾你的意圖/115 Write your intentions in cypher 99.本質與表象/117 Reality and appearance 100.做一個清醒的人,智慧的信徒,賢能的臣子/117 Be a man without illusions, a wise christian, a philosophic courtier 101.世上的一半人嘲笑另一半人,其實他們都是蠢人/119 One half of the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all 102.天降大福需有大心胸消受/119 Be able to stomach big slices of luck 103.讓每人都保有尊嚴/121 Let each keep up his dignity 104.明確不同工作的要求/123 Know the demands of different occupations 105.勿遭人煩/123 Don’t be a bore 106.勿炫耀你的地位/125 Do not parade your position 107.勿自鳴得意/127 Show no self-satisfaction 108.與人同行是成為偉人的捷徑/129 The path to greatness is along with others 109.不要吹毛求疵/129 Be not censorious 110.不要坐以待斃/131 Do not wait till you are a sinking sun 111.贏得朋友/131 Have friends 112.博取他人的好感/133 Gain good-will 113.未雨綢繆/135 In prosperity prepare for adversity 114.避免與人相爭/135 Never compete 115.習慣熟人的缺點/137 Get used to the failings of your familiars 116.隻和可敬之人交往/137 Only act with honourable men 117.決不談論自己/139 Never talk about yourself 118.要贏得謙恭有禮的名聲/139 Acquire the reputation of courtesy 119.避免惹人厭煩/141 Avoid becoming disliked 120.生活講求實際/143 Live practically 121.不要小題大做/145 Do not make a business of what is no business 122.言行應有威信/145 Distinction in speech and action 123.避免矯揉造作/147 Avoid affectation 124.要被他人想念/147 Get yourself missed 125.不要成為汙點記錄簿/149 Do not be a black list 126.愚蠢並非做了蠢事,而在於做後不知掩飾/151 Folly consists not in committing folly, but in not hiding it when committed 127.凡是從容優雅/151 Grace in everything 128.要有高遠的誌向/153 Highmindedness 129.從不抱怨/153 Never complain 130.要幹,且要讓人看見/155 Do and be seen doing 131.慷慨大度/157 Nobility of feeling 132.修正自己的判斷/157 Revise your judgments 133.寧可同醉,而不獨醒/159 Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone 134.加倍儲存你的資源/159 Double your resources 135.不要滋長唱反調的習氣/161 Do not nourish the spirit of contradiction 136.抓住事情關鍵/163 Post yourself in the centre of things 137.聖人自足/163 The sage should be self-sufficing 138.任其自然的藝術/165 The art of letting things alone 139.冷靜麵對倒黴的日子/165 Recognize unlucky days 140.一眼看到事物好的一麵/167 Find the good in a thing at once 141.不要隻傾聽自己的聲音/169 Do not listen to yourself 142.當對手先站在正確的一方時,你不能固執地站在錯誤的一方/171 Never from obstinacy take the wrong side because your opponent has anticipated you in taking the right one 143.別為免俗而玩弄詭辯之術/173 Never become paradoxical in order to avoid the trite 144.開始於他人,受用於自己/173 Begin with another’s to end with your own 145.藏好你受傷的手指/175 Do not show your wounded finger 146.透過現象看本質/177 Look into the interior of things 147.采納他人的建議/177 Do not be inaccessible 148.掌握談話的藝術/179 Have the art of conversation 149.懂得推罪於人/181 Know how to put off ills on others 150.推銷得法/181 Know how to get your price for things 151.高瞻遠矚/183 Think beforehand 152.不與令自己黯然失色之人為伍/185 Never have a companion who casts you in the shade 153.不要去填補前人留下的巨大空缺/185 Beware of entering where there is a great gap to be filled 154.不輕易相信,也不輕易喜歡/187 Do not believe, or like, lightly 155.掌控激情的藝術/189 The art of mastering your passions 156.選擇你的朋友/189 Select your friends 157.識人別出錯/191 Do not make mistakes about character 158.善用朋友/193 Make use of your friends 159.忍受愚蠢/195 Put up with fools 160.說話要謹慎/195 Be careful in speaking 161.認清自身喜愛的缺點/197 Know your pet faults 162.如何戰勝對手和誹謗者/197 How to triumph over rivals and detractors 163.決不因同情而卷入他人的不幸/199 Never, from sympathy with the unfortunate, involve yourself in his fate 164.投石問路/201 Throw straws in the air 165.鬥爭也要講體麵/201 Wage war honourably 166.分辨善言者與善行者/203 Distinguish the man of words from the man of deeds 167.知道怎樣依靠自己/203 Know how to take your own part 168.不要淪為愚蠢的怪物/205 Do not indulge in the eccentricities of folly 169.多加小心,避免萬一失手勝過百發百中/207 Be more careful not to miss once than to hit a hundred times 170.凡事有所保留/207 In all things keep something in reserve 171.不要濫用人情/209 Do not waste influence 172.決不與一無所有者爭鬥/209 Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose 173.與人相交,不要像玻璃般易碎,朋友間尤其如此/211 Do not be glass in intercourse, still less in friendship 174.不要活在匆忙中/213 Do not live in a hurry 175.做個實在的人/213 A solid man 176.自知或從知者處知/215 Have knowledge, or know those that have knowledge 177.避免與人太親近/217 Avoid familiarities in intercourse 178.信賴你的內心/217 Trust your heart 179.緘默是才能的標誌/219 Reticence is the seal of capacity 180.決不被敵人誤導/221 Never be guided by what your enemy has done …… …… 295.若未奏效,不要邀功/359 Do not affect what you have not effected 296.高貴的品質/361 Noble qualities 297.行動總如處於監視中/361 Always act as if your acts were seen 298.可造就非凡之人的三大要素/363 Three things go to a prodigy 299.讓人有饑餓感/363 Leave off hungry 300.總而言之,做一位聖徒/365 In one word, be a saint |
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