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詹姆斯·艾伦：思考的人·摘录 20
詹姆斯·艾伦《思考的人》· As a Man Thinketh · 健康
Circumstances, however, are so complicated, thought is so deeply rooted, and the conditions of happiness vary so, vastly with individuals, that a man's entire soul-condition (although it may be known to himself) cannot be judged by another from the external aspect of his life alone. A man may be honest in certain directions, yet suffer privations; a man may be dishonest in certain directions, yet acquire wealth; but the conclusion usually formed that the one man fails _because of his particular honesty,_ and that the other _prospers because of his particular dishonesty,_ is the result of a superficial judgment, which assumes that the dishonest man is almost totally corrupt, and the honest man almost entirely virtuous. In the light of a deeper knowledge and wider experience such judgment is found to be erroneous. The dishonest man may have some admirable virtues, which the other does, not possess; and the honest man obnoxious vices which are absent in the other. The honest man reaps the good results of his honest thoughts and acts; he also brings upon himself the sufferings, which his vices produce. The dishonest man likewise garners his own suffering and happiness.
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定位：Excerpt 20 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
处境很复杂，思想根深蒂固，每个人对幸福的条件又大不相同，所以一个人的整个灵魂状态，虽然他自己可能知道，别人却没法只从外表判断。有人在某些方面诚实却受穷，有人在某些方面不诚实却发财。但通常的结论——这个人因为诚实而失败，那个人因为不诚实而兴旺——是肤浅的判断，它假定不诚实的人几乎全坏，诚实的人几乎全好。更深的经验和知识会告诉你这错了：不诚实的人可能有些美德，诚实的人可能有些恶习。诚实的人收获诚实思想和行为的好结果，也承受自己恶习带来的苦；不诚实的人同样收获自己的苦与乐。核心是：别用单一标签判断因果。做法是：看人看事要全面，别把贫穷简单归因于美德，把发财简单归因于恶行。
上下文
同上书，作者在讨论处境与思想的关系时，提醒读者不要简单归因。
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我是否曾把某人的成败简单归因于一个标签，而忽略了其他因素？
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