译者序:历经时光淘洗而不衰的处世经典/1 1.万物已近/3 everything is at its acme 2.品与智慧/3 character and intellect 3.做事时常留有悬念/3 keep matters for a time in suspense 4.有识亦应有胆/5 knowledge and courage 5.让别人依赖你/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.避土生土长的缺陷/11 avoid the faults of your nation 10.财富与名望/13 fortune and fame 11.择师而交/13 cultivate those who can teach you 12.自然和人工:原料与加工/15 nature and art 13.有时三思而行,有时立下决断/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.广纳贤人/19 keep ministering spirits 16.学识和善心/21 knowledge and good intentions 17.变换你的行为模式/21 vary the mode of action 18.能力和努力/23 application and ability 19.事前不要让人期望过高/25 arouse no exaggerated expectations on entering 20.生逢其时的人/27 a man of the age 21.幸运之道/27 the art of being lucky 22.学以致用/29 a man of knowledge to the point 23.没有瑕疵/29 be spotless 24.控制自己的幻想/31 keep the imagination under control 25.善于领会弦外之音/31 know how to take a hint 26.揪出他人的把柄/33 find out each man’s thumbscrew 27.求精深重于求广博/33 prize intensity more than extent 28.超凡脱俗/35 mon in nothing 29.刚直的人/35 a man of rectitude 30.不做毁誉之事/37 have naught to do with occupations of ill-repute 31.学会趋利避害/39 select the lucky and avoid the unlucky 32.因善行而闻名/39 have the reputation of being gracious 33.知道如何逃避/41 know how to withdraw 34.了解自己的强项/41 know your strongest point 35.遇事斟酌,遇要事则更要斟酌/43 think over things, most over the most important 36.进退之际,了解时运/45 in acting or refraining, weigh your luck 37.准备一些讥诮话,并善加利用/45 keep a store of sarcasms, and know how to use them 38.急流勇退/47 leave your luck while winning 39.了解事物成熟的时机,并善加利用/49 recognize when things are ripe, and then enjoy them 40.获得人们的好感/49 gain the goodwill of people 41.切勿言过其实/51 never exaggerate 42.天生为王/53 born to wommand 43.心随精英,随大众/53 think with the few and speak with the many 44.英雄相惜/55 sympathy with great minds 45.狡猾可以运用,但不能滥用/57 use, but do not abuse, cunning 46.控制你的反感情绪/57 master your antipathies 47.避“为荣誉而决斗”/59 avoid “affairs of honour” 48.做一个有深度的人至关重要/59 so much depends on being a person of depth 49.明察善断/61 observation and judgment 50.不失自尊/61 never lose self-respect 51.选择有道/63 know how to choose well 52.从不慌乱/63 never be put out 53.聪明且勤奋/65 be diligent and intelligent 54.懂得展示你的勇气/65 know how to show your teeth 55.善于等待/67 wait 56.应变/67 have presence of mind 57.慢且稳/69 be slow and sure 58.恰当展现自己/69 adapt yourself to your pany 59.要有的收场/71 finish off well 60.判断准确/71 a sound judgment 61.之处求/73 to excel in what is excellent 62.善其事必先利其器/73 use good instruments 63.先为上/75 to be the first of the kind is an excellence 64.远离烦恼/77 avoid worry 65.培养高雅的品味/77 elevated taste 66.使结局/79 see that things end well 67.选择能够获得殊荣的行业/81 choose an occupation that wins distinction 68.点拨其心智,胜于助其回忆/81 it is better to help with intelligence than with memory 69.不要冲动行事/83 do not give way to every mon impulse 70.学会拒绝/85 know how to refuse 71.不要左右摇摆/87 do not vacillate 72.要当机立断/87 be resolute 73.安然退避/89 utilize sli 74.与人为善/89 do not be unsociable 75.选择一位英雄作为偶像/91 choose a heroic ideal 76.不要开玩笑/93 do not always be jesting 77.做人须八面玲珑/93 be all things to all men 78.做事有道/95 the art of undertaking things 79.轻松快活的个/95 a genial disition 80.获取信息要谨慎/97 take care to get information 81.勇于推陈出新/97 renew your brilliance 82.凡事无论好与坏,不要走/99 drain nothing to the dregs, neither good nor ill 83.容许自己有无伤大雅之过/99 allow yourself some venial fault 84.善用对手/101 make use of your enemies 85.不做无所不知之人/103 do not be a wild card 86.流言蜚语/103 prevent scandal 87.文明和高雅/105 culture and elegance 88.举止高贵大方/107 let your behaviour be fine and noble 89.了解自己/107 know yourself 90.长寿的秘密/109 the secret of long life 91.对做某事审慎与否若有疑虑,别着手去做/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.多才多艺/111 versatility 94.让你的才能高深莫测/113 keep the extent of your abilities unknown 95.让人们保持对你的期望/113 keep expectation alive 96.至高无上的辨别力/113 the highest discretion 97.赢得并维护美名/115 obtain and preserve a reputation 98.掩饰你的意图/115 write your intentions in cypher 99.本质与表象/117 reality and appearance 100.做一个清醒的人,智慧的信徒,贤能的臣子/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,其实他们都是蠢人/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.让每人都保有尊严/121 let each keep up his dignity 104.明确不同工作的要求/123 know the demands of different occupations 105.勿遭人烦/123 dont be a bore 106.勿炫耀你的地位/125 do not parade your ition 107.勿自鸣得意/127 show no self-satisfaction 108.与人同行是成为的捷径/129 the path to greatness is along with others 109.不要吹毛求疵/129 be not censorious 110.不要坐以待毙/131 do not wait till you are a sinking sun 111.赢得朋友/131 have friends 112.博取他人的好感/133 gain good-will 113.未雨绸缪/135 in prosperity prepare for adversity 114.避与人相争/135 never pete 115.惯熟人的缺点/137 get used to the failings of your familiars 116.只和可敬之人交往/137 only act with honourable men 117.决不谈论自己/139 never talk about yourself 118.要赢得谦恭有礼的名声/139 acquire the reputation of courtesy 119.避惹人厌烦/141 avoid being disliked 120.生活讲求实际/143 live practically 121.不要小题大做/145 do not make a business of what is no business 122.言行应有威信/145 distinction in speech and action 123.避矫揉造作/147 avoid affectation 124.要被他人想念/147 get yourself missed 125.不要成为污点记录簿/149 do not be a black list 126.愚蠢并非做了蠢事,而在于做后不知掩饰/151 folly consists not in mitting folly, but in not hi it when mitted 127.凡是从容优雅/151 grace in everything 128.要有高远的志向/153 highmindedness 129.从不抱怨/153 never in 130.要干,且要让人看见/155 do and be seen doing 131.慷慨大度/157 nobility of feeling 132.修正自己的判断/157 revise your judgments 133.宁可同醉,而不独醒/159 better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone 134.加倍储存你的资源/159 double your resources 135.不要滋长唱反调的气/161 do not nourish the spirit of contradiction 136.抓住事情关键/163 t yourself in the centre of things 137.圣人自足/163 the sage should be self-sufficing 138.任其自然的艺术/165 the art of letting things alone 139.冷静面对倒霉的子/165 recognize unlucky days
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