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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 372

奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导

Ruskin says that the tendency of the age is to expend its genius in perishable art, _as if it were a triumph to burn its thoughts away in bonfires_. Is the work you compel others to do useful to yourself and to society? If you employ a seamstress to make four or five or six beautiful flounces for your ball dress, flounces which will only clothe yourself, and which you will wear at only one ball, you are employing your money selfishly. Do not confuse covetousness with benevolence, nor cheat yourself into thinking that all the finery you can wear is so much put into the hungry mouths of those beneath you. It is what those who stand shivering on the street, forming a line to see you step out of your carriage, know it to be. These fine dresses do not mean that so much has been put into their mouths, but _that so much has been taken out of their mouths_.

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定位:Excerpt 372 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

罗斯金说时代倾向把才华耗在易朽的艺术上,仿佛烧掉思想是荣耀。你让别人做的工作对自己和社会有益吗?若雇裁缝做只穿一次的舞裙花边,钱就花得自私。别把贪婪当仁慈,以为华服等于喂饱穷人;街边发抖看你的穷人知道,这些华服不是把东西放进他们嘴里,而是从他们嘴里拿走。核心:消费选择影响他人福祉。做法:花钱前问是否对社会有益。

上下文

马登引用罗斯金批评奢侈消费,指出炫耀性消费实为从穷人嘴里夺食。

今日一问

你最近一次奢侈消费,是满足了需要还是炫耀?

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