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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 243
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
It will be admitted, that the number of men who can lay by a sufficient store of capital for the benefit of their families, is, in these times of intense competition, comparatively small. Perhaps the claims of an increasing family absorb nearly all their gains, and they find that the sum which they can put away in the bank is so small, that it is not put away at all. They become reckless of ever attaining so apparently hopeless an object as that of an accumulation of savings, for the benefit of their families at death.
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定位:Excerpt 243 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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必须承认,在竞争激烈的时代,能攒下足够资本留给家人的男人少之又少。不断壮大的家庭几乎耗光所有收入,存进银行的钱少得可怜,索性就不存了。他们觉得为死后给家人留积蓄这个目标太渺茫,于是变得满不在乎,干脆放弃。
上下文
19世纪英国中产家庭开支大,储蓄困难,斯迈尔斯指出这种心态导致许多人放弃规划。
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你是否因为觉得存钱目标太遥远,就干脆不开始储蓄或投保?
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