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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 333
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
Accumulations of knowledge and experience of the most valuable kind are the result of little bits of knowledge and experience carefully treasured up. Those who learn nothing or accumulate nothing in life, are set down as failures,--because they have neglected little things. They may themselves consider that the world has gone against them; but in fact they have been their own enemies. There has long been a popular belief in "good luck;" but, like many other popular notions, it is gradually giving way. The conviction is extending that diligence is the mother of good luck; in other words, that a man's success in life will be proportionate to his efforts, to his industry, to his attention to small things. Your negligent, shiftless, loose fellows never meet with luck; because the results of industry are denied to those who will not use the proper efforts to secure them.
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定位：Excerpt 333 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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最有价值的知识和经验积累，来自对点滴知识和经验的精心保存。那些一生学不到东西、积累不了什么的人，被视为失败者——因为他们忽视了小事。他们可能自认世界与他们作对，但事实上他们是自己的敌人。长期以来人们相信“好运”，但像许多流行观念一样，这种信念正逐渐消退。人们越来越确信勤奋是好运之母；换句话说，一个人的成功与他的努力、勤勉和对小事的关注成正比。疏忽、懒散、散漫的人永远遇不到好运，因为不付出适当努力的人得不到勤奋的成果。
上下文
斯迈尔斯在《节俭》中批判“好运”观念，强调勤奋和关注小事是成功的关键。
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你最近一次把失败归咎于运气不好是什么时候？有没有可以改进的小事？
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