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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 486

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

Many young men and women make the mistake of thinking that "well dressed" necessarily means being expensively dressed, and, with this erroneous idea in mind, they fall into as great a pitfall as those who think clothes are of no importance. They devote the time that should be given to the culture of head and heart to studying their toilets, and planning how they can buy, out of their limited salaries, this or that expensive hat, or tie or coat, which they see exhibited in some fashionable store. If they can not by any possibility afford the coveted article, they buy some cheap, tawdry imitation, the effect of which is only to make them look ridiculous. Young men of this stamp wear cheap rings, vermilion-tinted ties, and broad checks, and almost invariably they occupy cheap positions. Like the dandy, whom Carlyle describes as "a clothes-wearing man,--a man whose trade, office and existence consists in the wearing of clothes,--every faculty of whose soul, spirit, person and purse is heroically consecrated to this one object," they live to dress, and have no time to devote to self-culture or to fitting themselves for higher positions.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21291
定位:Excerpt 486 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

许多年轻人误以为“穿得好”就是“穿得贵”,于是掉进另一个坑:把本该用来充实头脑和心灵的时间,花在研究打扮、盘算怎么用微薄薪水买橱窗里那顶贵帽子、那条贵领带或外套上。买不起就买廉价俗气的仿货,结果只显得可笑。这类年轻人戴廉价戒指、系朱红领带、穿大格子衣服,往往也只能占据低微职位。就像卡莱尔说的“穿衣人”——全部心思、灵魂、身体和钱包都献给穿衣这一件事——他们为穿而活,没时间自我提升、争取更高位置。

上下文

马登在书中批评当时年轻人盲目追求时髦消费,卡莱尔是19世纪英国思想家,曾讽刺“穿衣人”哲学。

今日一问

你最近一次为“看起来体面”花钱,是投资形象,还是填补不安?

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