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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 210

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

There are, of course, many failures in the world. The man who looks to others for help, instead of relying on himself, will fail. The man who is undergoing the process of perpetual waste, will fail. The miser, the scrub, the extravagant, the thriftless, will necessarily fail. Indeed, most people fail because they do not deserve to succeed. They set about their work in the wrong way, and no amount of experience seems to improve them. There is not so much in luck as some people profess to believe. Luck is only another word for good management in practical affairs. Richelieu used to say that he would not continue to employ an unlucky man,--in other words, a man wanting in practical qualities, and unable to profit by experience; for failures in the past are very often the auguries of failures in the future.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 210 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

世上当然有很多失败。指望别人帮忙而不靠自己的人会失败;一直在浪费的人会失败;守财奴、吝啬鬼、挥霍无度的人、不节俭的人,都必然失败。其实多数人失败是因为他们不配成功:做事方法不对,而且多少经验都改不过来。运气没有一些人说的那么重要,所谓运气,不过是会办事的另一种说法。黎塞留说过,他不会继续用一个“不走运”的人,意思就是缺乏实际能力、不能从经验中吸取教训的人;因为过去的失败,往往预示未来的失败。

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斯迈尔斯在《节俭》中批评依赖、浪费和不知改进的人,并引用法国政治家黎塞留的话,说明“运气”其实是管理能力的体现。

今日一问

你最近一次失败后,有没有认真总结出下次可以改的具体做法?

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