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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 127
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The working classes very much under-estimate themselves. Though they receive salaries or wages beyond the average earnings of professional men, yet many of them have no other thought than that of living in mean houses, and spending their surplus time and money in drink. They seem wanting in respect for themselves as well as for their class. They encourage the notion that there is something degrading in labour,--than which nothing can be more false. Labour of all kinds is dignifying and honourable; it is the idler, above all others, who is undignified and dishonourable.
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定位:Excerpt 127 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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工人阶层太看轻自己了。他们挣的钱有时比一般白领还多,却只想着住破房子、把闲钱闲工夫花在喝酒上,好像既看不起自己,也看不起自己这个阶层。他们还相信干活低人一等,这完全是错的。任何劳动都体面、都值得尊重;真正不体面、不光彩的,是游手好闲的人。所以,别再把职业当成身份标签,先把自己当回事:认真对待手里的活,也认真对待自己的时间和钱。
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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯是19世纪英国励志作家,《节俭》一书鼓励工人靠储蓄和自律改善生活。
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