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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 241

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

Fourteen years subsequent to this event, I called on this English lady in company with an American friend. In the course of conversation, I happened to ask her if she remembered about Mrs. Simpson’s “sass.” She took from a drawer her memorandum book, and showed us the above expression verbatim, which, she said, she wrote down the same day it was uttered; and she added she had never been able to think of it since without laughing.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 241 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

这件事过去十四年后,巴纳姆和一位美国朋友去拜访这位英国女士。聊天时,他随口问她是否还记得辛普森太太那句“sass”(粗话)。她从抽屉里拿出记事本,给我们看上面逐字记下的原话,说当天一听到就写了下来,还补充说此后每次想起都忍不住笑。这说明:粗俗的言行会被人记住很久,甚至成为笑柄;而记录和回忆本身也提醒我们,得体的言行才是长久的名片。

上下文

巴纳姆回忆十四年后重访英国女士,发现她仍保存着辛普森太太说粗话的记录。

今日一问

你希望别人多年后记住你的哪句话或哪个举动?今天可以怎样留下更得体的印象?

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