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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 120
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
It is most disheartening to find that so many of the highest paid workmen in the kingdom should spend so large a portion of their earnings in their own personal and sensual gratification. Many spend a third, and others half their entire earnings, in drink. It would be considered monstrous, on the part of any man whose lot has been cast among the educated classes to exhibit such a degree of selfish indulgence; and to spend even one-fourth of his income upon objects in which his wife and children have no share.
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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 120 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
作者感到痛心:英国许多收入最高的工人,竟把大笔收入花在个人感官享乐上。不少人把全部收入的三分之一甚至一半花在喝酒上。如果受过教育的人这样放纵,哪怕只把收入的四分之一花在妻儿沾不到边的事情上,也会被认为荒唐。核心是:收入越高,越要警惕享乐开销;把钱花在家人无法共享的嗜好上,既自私又危险。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《节俭》批评高薪工人酗酒挥霍,对比当时中产阶层的消费观念。
今日一问
你每月花在个人享乐上的钱,占收入多少?家人能分享到吗?
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