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弗朗西斯·培根《随笔》· Essays · 领导 · 人性 · 财富 · 认知

Those that have joined with their honor great travels, cares, or perils, are less subject to envy. For men think that they earn their honors hardly, and pity them sometimes; and pity ever healeth envy. Wherefore you shall observe, that the more deep and sober sort of politic persons, in their greatness, are ever bemoaning themselves, what a life they lead; chanting a quanta patimur! Not that they feel it so, but only to abate the edge of envy. But this is to be understood, of business that is laid upon men, and not such, as they call unto themselves. For nothing increaseth envy more, than an unnecessary and ambitious engrossing of business. And nothing doth extinguish envy more, than for a great person to preserve all other inferior officers, in their full lights and pre-eminences of their places. For by that means, there be so many screens between him and envy.

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定位:Excerpt 14 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

培根认为,如果一个人的荣誉背后跟着大量奔波、操劳和风险,他就不太招妒,因为大家觉得他这荣誉是辛苦挣来的,甚至会同情他;而同情能化解嫉妒。所以老练的政客在大权在握时,常诉说自己过得多累,念一句“我们受了多少苦”,不是真觉得苦,而是削一削嫉妒的锋刃。但要注意:这指的是别人压给你的公务,不是你自己揽上身的。自己贪多揽权最招妒;相反,让下属各守其位、各显其能,等于在你和嫉妒之间立起许多屏风。

上下文

培根《随笔》论嫉妒,讲大人物如何用诉苦和分权来缓冲嫉妒。

今日一问

你能否把一些事务交给下属,让他们发光,也让自己少被盯着?

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