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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 498

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

How often is suicide traceable to this false sentiment! Vain men will give up their lives, rather than their class notions of respectability. They will cut the thread of existence, rather than cut fashionable life. Very few suicides are committed from real want. "We never hear," says Joel Barlow, "of a man committing suicide for want of a loaf of bread, but it is often done for want of a coach."

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 498 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

自杀常常能追溯到这种虚假情绪!虚荣的人宁可放弃生命,也不肯放弃本阶级的体面观念;宁可剪断生命线,也不肯剪断时髦生活。真正因缺吃少穿而自杀的极少。乔尔·巴洛说:我们从没听说谁因缺一块面包自杀,倒常有人因缺一辆马车自杀。核心是:把外在排场看得比命还重,就会走极端。要警惕,别让“面子”绑架人生,遇到困境先求助,别独自硬撑。

上下文

斯迈尔斯在《节俭》中引用美国作家乔尔·巴洛的话,批评人们为维持体面而走向自杀的极端现象。

今日一问

我是否曾把某种外在标准看得过重,以至于忽略了内心真正的需要?

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