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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 63
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
"Self-love and social are the same," says one of our poets. The man who improves himself, improves the world. He adds one more true man to the mass. And the mass being made up of individuals, it is clear that were each to improve himself, the result would be the improvement of the whole. Social advancement is the consequence of individual advancement. The whole cannot be pure, unless the individuals composing it are pure. Society at large is but the reflex of individual conditions. All this is but the repetition of a truism, but truisms have often to be repeated to make their full impression.
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定位：Excerpt 63 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
有诗人说，自爱与博爱本是一回事。一个人提升自己，也就提升了世界，因为世界多了一个真正的人。社会由个人组成，若每个人都自我改善，整体自然改善。社会进步是个人进步的结果；个人不纯洁，整体就不可能纯洁。社会不过是个人状况的反映。这些话是老生常谈，但常谈往往需要反复说，才能真正深入人心。所以，别只等着社会变好，先从自己做起，把身边能改进的一件小事做好。
上下文
斯迈尔斯在《节俭》中反复强调个人责任，认为社会改良必须从个人改良开始。
今日一问
你希望社会变好的哪一点，今天能否先在自己身上做出来？
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