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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 460

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"To-morrow, didst thou say?" asked Cotton. "Go to--I will not hear of it. To-morrow! 'tis a sharper who stakes his penury against thy plenty--who takes thy ready cash and pays thee naught but wishes, hopes, and promises, the currency of idiots. _To-morrow_! it is a period nowhere to be found in all the hoary registers of time, unless perchance in the fool's calendar. Wisdom disclaims the word, nor holds society with those that own it. 'Tis fancy's child, and folly is its father; wrought of such stuffs as dreams are; and baseless as the fantastic visions of the evening." Oh, how many a wreck on the road to success could say: "I have spent all my life in pursuit of to-morrow, being assured that to-morrow has some vast benefit or other in store for me."

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21291
定位:Excerpt 460 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

科顿质问:“你说‘明天’?去你的,我不听。‘明天’是个骗子,拿你的现钱换一堆空头支票——愿望、希望、承诺,那是傻瓜的货币。‘明天’在时间老人的档案里根本找不到,除非在傻瓜的日历上。智慧不认这个词,也不跟认它的人来往。它是幻想的孩子,愚蠢是它爹,用做梦的材料做成,跟夜里的幻影一样没有根基。”多少成功路上的失败者会说:我一辈子都在追“明天”,总以为明天会给我天大的好处。核心是:明天是幻觉,别把希望押在它身上。做法是:把“明天”换成“现在”。

上下文

科顿是英国诗人,马登引用这段讽刺文字,警告人们不要被“明天”的幻觉欺骗。

今日一问

你正在把什么事寄托在“明天”?今天能先做哪一点?

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