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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 245
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
The cultivation of manner—though in excess it is foppish and foolish—is highly necessary in a person who has occasion to negociate with others in matters of business. Affability and good breeding may even be regarded as essential to the success of a man in any eminent station and enlarged sphere of life; for the want of it has not unfrequently been found in a great measure to neutralise the results of much industry, integrity, and honesty of character. There are, no doubt, a few strong tolerant minds which can bear with defects and angularities of manner, and look only to the more genuine qualities; but the world at large is not so forbearant, and cannot help forming its judgments and likings mainly according to outward conduct.
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定位：Excerpt 245 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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培养举止——虽然过度会显得浮夸愚蠢——对于需要与人谈生意的人来说非常必要。和蔼可亲与良好教养甚至可以被视为一个人在任何显要职位和更大生活圈中成功的必要条件；因为缺乏它，常常在很大程度上抵消了许多勤奋、正直和诚实品格带来的成果。当然，少数心胸宽广的人能容忍举止上的缺陷和棱角，只看更真实的品质；但大多数人没那么宽容，难免主要根据外在举止来形成判断和喜好。所以，别让糟糕的举止埋没了你的真才实学。
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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助》中论举止与成功的关系，19世纪英国。
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你是否有真才实学，却因举止不够得体而被人低估？今天可以改进哪一点？
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