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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第108段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 108
治術本乎儒術者,念念皆仁厚也 今人不及古人者,事事皆虛浮也
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第110段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 110
忠有愚忠,孝有愚孝,可知忠孝二字不是伶俐人做得來 仁有假仁,義有假義,可知仁義二途不無奸險人藏其內
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第116段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 116
持身貴嚴厲,而不可有激切之形 處事有何定憑,但求此心過得去
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第120段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 120
大家漸及消亡,難期其復振,勢成於因循也 常存仁孝心,則天下凡不可為者,皆不忍為,
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第121段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 121
所以孝居百行之先 一起邪淫念,則生平極不欲為者,皆不難為,
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第126段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 126
世風之狡詐多端,到底忠厚人顛撲不破 末俗以繁華相向,終覺冷淡處趣味彌長
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第134段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 134
變固宜防,而君子但守其常,常無失,變亦能禦 奢侈足以敗家,慳吝亦足以敗家
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Career · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第143段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 143
生資之高在忠信,非關機巧。學業之美於德行,不僅文章 盛衰之機,雖關氣運,而有心者,必責諸人謀
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第150段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 150
人之足傳,在有德,不在有位。世所相信,在能行,不在能言 人知佛老為異端,不知凡背乎經常者,皆異端也
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第152段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 152
日用必須簡省。杜奢端,即以昭儉德 人生境遇無常,須自謀一吃飯本領
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第159段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 159
古人忠孝不離心頭,今人忠孝不離口頭,此是何等誌量! 自虞廷立五倫為教,然後天下有大經
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第165段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 165
才覺已有不是,便決意改圖,此立誌為君子也 明知人議其非,偏肆行無忌,此甘心為小人也
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第170段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 170
夙夜所為,得無抱慚於裘影。光陰已逝,尚期收效於桑榆 矮板凳,且坐著。好光陰,莫錯過
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第173段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 173
一信字是立身之本,所以人不可無也 一恕字是接物之要,所以終身可行也
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第179段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 179
以誠心待人,人或不諒,而歷久自明,不必急於求白也 義之中有利,而尚義之君子,初非計及於利也
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第186段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 186
慎大德,不矜細行,形跡終可疑也 有才必韜藏,如渾金璞玉,然而日章也
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第192段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 192
隱微之衍,即幹憲典,所以君子懷刑也 技藝之末,無益身心,所以君子務本也
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第200段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 200
作事守章程,而不知權變,則依樣之葫蘆也 文行忠信,孝悌恭敬,孔子立教之目也,今惟教以文而已
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第201段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 201
誌道據德,依仁遊藝,孔門為學之序也,今但學其藝而已 穩當話,卻是平常話,所以聽穩當話者不多
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Health · 王永彬《围炉夜话》· 第203段
Weilu Yehua, Passage 203
聖人不責人無過,惟多方誘之改過,庶人心可回也 與朋友交遊,須將他好處留心學來,方能受益
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Investing · 查理·芒格《《关于基本世俗智慧的演讲》》· Section on high technology and the circle of competence
The Edge of Competence
And Warren and I don't feel like we have any great advantage in the high-tech sector. In fact, we feel like we're at a big disadvantage in trying…
Berkshire avoids high tech out of an honest assessment of its competence, not disdain.
Investing · Decision · Character · Modern investor letters
Career · 本杰明·富兰克林《《本杰明·富兰克林自传》》· Part Two, the Art of Virtue
The Project of Moral Perfection
It was about this time I conceiv'd the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection.
Character can be trained through a deliberate, auditable project.
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Career · 史蒂夫·乔布斯《《斯坦福大学2005年毕业典礼演讲》》· “Death and Time”
Your Time Is Limited
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life … Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.
Finite time should be spent on one's own judgment, not others' expectations.
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Career · 马云《《2018致投资者的信》》· On leadership succession
Passing On Leadership and Culture
企業領導層和組織文化的傳承一直是任何企業的最大挑戰。
Leadership and cultural succession are the hardest challenge any company faces.
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Career · 任正非《《任正非接受〈经济学人〉采访纪要》》· On engineers and focus
Engineers Must Understand Technology
一个不懂技术的工程师是浪费粮食。
Engineers must master technology rather than be distracted from it.
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Career · 黄峥《《拼多多2018年致股东信》》· “Pinduoduo's values”
Benfen and Customer Value
对于拼多多管理层来说,本分意味着专注于为消费者创造价值。
Benfen means focusing management on creating value for consumers.
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Career · 安德鲁·卡内基《《财富的福音》》· Concluding paragraph
The Duty of the Rich
The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.
Dying with vast unused wealth is a moral failure.
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Career · 本杰明·富兰克林《《本杰明·富兰克林自传》》· Part Two, the Art of Virtue
Why Virtue Is Worth Pursuing
In this piece it was my design to explain and enforce this doctrine, that vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden…
Morality rests on harm, not merely on prohibition.
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Career · 查理·芒格《《关于基本世俗智慧的演讲》》· Circle of competence
The Circle of Competence
Every person is going to have a circle of competence. And it's going to be very hard to advance that circle.
Everyone has a circle of competence, and expanding it is hard.
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Career · 查理·芒格《《南加州大学法学院2007年毕业典礼演讲》》· Deserving what you want
Deserve What You Want
The safest way to try and get what you want is to try and deserve what you want.
The surest path to getting what you want is to deserve it.
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Career · 查理·芒格《《南加州大学法学院2007年毕业典礼演讲》》· The iron prescription
The Iron Prescription
I’m not entitled to have an opinion on this subject unless I can state the arguments against my position better than the people do who are supporting…
Earn the right to an opinion by stating the opposing case better than its supporters.
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Investing · 本杰明·格雷厄姆《《聪明的投资者》》· Introduction
Defensive vs. Enterprising
The determining trait of the enterprising (or active, or aggressive) investor is his willingness to devote time and care to the selection of…
The enterprising investor is defined by the willingness to do the work of selection.
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Investing · 本杰明·格雷厄姆《《证券分析》》· Chapter VII, The Selection of Fixed-Value Investments: Second and Third Principles
Withstanding Adversity
The rule that a sound investment must be able to withstand adversity seems self-evident enough to be termed a truism.
A sound investment must be able to survive adversity, not just prosper in good times.
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