Mon, Aug 23, 2027

御史曰：「水有猏獺而池魚勞，國有強禦而齊民消。故茂林之下無豐草，大塊之間無美苗。夫理國之道，除穢鋤豪，然後百姓均平，各安其宇。張廷尉論定律令，明法以繩天下，誅奸猾，絕幷兼之徒，而強不淩弱，眾不暴寡。大夫君運籌策，建國用，籠天下鹽、鐵諸利，以排富商大賈，買官贖罪，損有餘，補不足，以齊黎民。是以兵革東西征伐，賦歛不增而用足。夫損益之事，賢者所睹，非眾人之所知也。」

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卷3·輕重第十四·第3则

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鄉人飮酒，杖者出，斯出矣。鄉人儺，朝服而立於阼階。

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鄉黨第十·十之十

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管子曰：「以國一籍臣右守布萬兩，而右麻籍四十倍其賈，衍布五十倍其賈。公以重布決諸侯賈，如此而有二十齊之故。是故輕軼於賈穀制畜者，則物軼於四時之輔。善爲國者，守其國之財。湯之以高下，注之以徐疾，一可以爲百。未嘗籍求於民，而使用若河海，終則有始。此謂守物而御天下也。」公曰：「然則無可以爲有乎？貧可以爲富乎？」管子對曰：「物之生未有刑，而王霸立其功焉。是故以人求人，則人重矣。以數求物，則物重矣。」公曰：「此若言何謂也？」管子對曰：「舉國而一則無貲，舉國而十則有百。然則吾將以徐疾御之，若左之授右，若右之授左，是以外內不踡，終身無咎。王霸之不求於人，而求之終始，四時之高下，令之徐疾而已矣。源泉有竭，鬼神有歇。守物之終始，身不竭，此謂源究。」

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第83篇輕重丁·第16则

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When you come right down to it, most jobs are repetitive. A business man has a routine that he follows with great exactness; the work of a bank president is nearly all routine; the work of under officers and clerks in a bank is purely routine. Indeed, for most purposes and most people, it is necessary to establish something in the way of a routine and to make most motions purely repetitive--otherwise the individual will not get enough done to be able to live off his own exertions. There is no reason why any one with a creative mind should be at a monotonous job, for everywhere the need for creative men is pressing. There will never be a dearth of places for skilled people, but we have to recognize that the will to be skilled is not general. And even if the will be present, then the courage to go through with the training is absent. One cannot become skilled by mere wishing.

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Chapter VII, excerpt 71

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I should estimate that the salaries of that time were far less than half of what is paid for equivalent positions to-day. The next year I was offered a salary of $700, but thought I was worth $800. We had not settled the matter by April, and as a favourable opportunity had presented itself for carrying on the same business on my own account, I resigned my position.

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Chapter II, excerpt 35

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