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本杰明·富兰克林《本杰明·富兰克林自传》· The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · 领导

"The little private incidents which you will also have to relate, will have considerable use, as we want, above all things, rules of prudence in ordinary affairs; and it will be curious to see how you have acted in these. It will be so far a sort of key to life, and explain many things that all men ought to have once explained to them, to give them a chance of becoming wise by foresight. The nearest thing to having experience of one's own, is to have other people's affairs brought before us in a shape that is interesting; this is sure to happen from your pen; our affairs and management will have an air of simplicity or importance that will not fail to strike; and I am convinced you have conducted them with as much originality as if you had been conducting discussions in politics or philosophy; and what more worthy of experiments and system (its importance and its errors considered) than human life?

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/148
定位:Additional excerpt 83 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

富兰克林认为,自传里那些私人小事其实很有用,因为人们最需要的是日常事务中的谨慎规则。把这些经历写出来,就像一把生活的钥匙,能解释许多本该早点告诉每个人的道理,让人靠预见变得明智。自己亲身经历固然最好,但退而求其次,就是通过有趣的方式了解别人的事。他相信朋友写出来会既简洁又有分量,而且处理这些事情时的独创性不亚于讨论政治哲学。还有什么比人生更值得实验和系统总结呢?所以别小看日常细节,认真记录和反思,就能从中提炼出可用的生活原则。

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本杰明·富兰克林在《自传》中假托一位朋友来信,劝他写下个人经历,尤其是私人小事,以供后人借鉴。

今日一问

你最近经历的一件小事,能提炼出什么可复用的生活原则?

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