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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 62
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Samuel Johnson fully knew the straits of poverty. He once signed his name _Impransus_, or _Dinnerless_. He had walked the streets with Savage, not knowing where to lay his head at night. Johnson never forgot the poverty through which he passed in his early life, and he was always counselling his friends and readers to avoid it. Like Cicero, he averred that the best source of wealth or well-being was economy. He called it the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the mother of Liberty. his mind, his character. Self-respect, originating in self-love, instigates the first step of improvement. It stimulates a man to rise, to look upward, to develop his intelligence, to improve his condition. Self-respect is the root of most of the virtues--of cleanliness, chastity, reverence, honesty, sobriety. To think meanly of one's self is to sink; sometimes to descend a precipice at the bottom of which is infamy.
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定位：Excerpt 62 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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塞缪尔·约翰逊深知贫穷的窘迫，曾署名“无餐者”，与朋友萨维奇流落街头，不知夜宿何处。他一生不忘早年贫困，总劝朋友和读者避免陷入其中。像西塞罗一样，他认为财富和幸福的最好来源是节俭，称节俭是谨慎之女、节制之妹、自由之母。自尊源于自爱，促使人向上、发展才智、改善处境，是清洁、贞洁、敬畏、诚实、清醒等许多德行的根。看轻自己就会沉沦，甚至跌下悬崖，崖底是耻辱。
上下文
塞缪尔·约翰逊是18世纪英国文人，编有《英语词典》，早年穷困潦倒，深知贫穷之苦。
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你是否有过因看轻自己而放弃改善处境的时候？今天能做哪件小事来提升自尊？
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