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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 54

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

As men become wise and thoughtful, they generally become provident and frugal. A thoughtless man, like a savage, spends as he gets, thinking nothing of to-morrow, of the time of adversity, or of the claims of those whom he has made dependent on him. But a wise man thinks of the future; he prepares in good time for the evil day that may come upon him and his family; and he provides carefully for those who are near and dear to him.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 54 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

人越明智、越会思考,通常越有远见、越节俭。没头脑的人像野蛮人,挣多少花多少,不想明天、不想逆境,也不想依赖他生活的人。明智的人则想到未来,趁早为可能到来的坏日子做准备,细心安排好亲近的人。做法是:把未来风险写下来,定出应急金目标;每月先存后花;为家人做基本保障。远见不是杞人忧天,而是把今天的部分资源留给明天必须面对的事。

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斯迈尔斯《节俭》对比明智者与轻率者对未来的态度,倡导未雨绸缪。

今日一问

你为“可能到来的坏日子”做了哪些具体准备?

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