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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 146

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导

During all this time he remained very poor, satisfied to be continually improving himself. He was glad to sell his pictures for whatever they would bring. One, of a prophet, he sold for eight livres; and another, the ‘Plague of the Philistines,’ he sold for 60 crowns—a picture afterwards bought by Cardinal de Richelieu for a thousand. To add to his troubles, he was stricken by a cruel malady, during the helplessness occasioned by which the Chevalier del Posso assisted him with money. For this gentleman Poussin afterwards painted the ‘Rest in the Desert,’ a fine picture, which far more than repaid the advances made during his illness.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/935
定位:Excerpt 146 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

这期间他一直很穷,却满足于不断长进。画能卖多少钱他都乐意卖:一幅先知画只卖了八里弗;另一幅《非利士人的瘟疫》卖了六十克朗,后来黎塞留红衣主教花一千买下。更糟的是,他得了重病,病中无能为力时,骑士德尔波索借钱帮他。后来普桑为这位先生画了《沙漠中的休息》,一幅好画,回报远超过病中借的钱。这里讲的是:穷和病不是停止积累的理由,而人情往来也要记得还。

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斯迈尔斯《自助》述普桑在罗马贫困与疾病中的坚持,以及受助后回报。

今日一问

你曾受人帮助吗?你打算用什么具体方式回报,而不只是记在心里?

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