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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 120

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导

What a solemn and striking admonition to youth is that inscribed on the dial at All Souls, Oxford—“Pereunt et imputantur”—the hours perish, and are laid to our charge. Time is the only little fragment of Eternity that belongs to man; and, like life, it can never be recalled. “In the dissipation of worldly treasure,” says Jackson of Exeter, “the frugality of the future may balance the extravagance of the past; but who can say, ‘I will take from minutes to-morrow to compensate for those I have lost to-day’?” Melancthon noted down the time lost by him, that he might thereby reanimate his industry, and not lose an hour. An Italian scholar put over his door an inscription intimating that whosoever remained there should join in his labours. “We are afraid,” said some visitors to Baxter, “that we break in upon your time.” “To be sure you do,” replied the disturbed and blunt divine. Time was the estate out of which these great workers, and all other workers, formed that rich treasury of thoughts and deeds which they have left to their successors.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/935
定位:Excerpt 120 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

时间一旦过去就再也追不回来,而且每一分钟都会记在我们账上,要我们负责。牛津大学万灵学院日晷上刻着“时光消逝,责任难逃”,就是提醒年轻人:时间属于永恒中唯一归你支配的一小段,浪费了没法用明天的几分钟补今天的亏空。所以聪明人会把时间当本钱,像梅兰希顿那样记下自己浪费了多少时间,好提醒自己别再虚度;像巴克斯特那样,直接告诉来访者“你们确实在占用我的时间”。把时间看成自己的产业,才能用它积累出思想和成就。

上下文

出自塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助》(1859年),作者是英国励志作家,强调勤奋、节俭和自我修养。

今日一问

今天你打算怎样记录并守住自己的时间,不让它悄悄溜走?

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