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弗朗西斯·培根《随笔》· Essays · 领导

For aviaries, I like them not, except they be of that largeness as they may be turfed, and have living plants and bushes set in them; that the birds may have more scope, and natural nesting, and that no foulness appear in the floor of the aviary. So I have made a platform of a princely garden, partly by precept, partly by drawing, not a model, but some general lines of it; and in this I have spared for no cost. But it is nothing for great princes, that for the most part taking advice with workmen, with no less cost set their things together; and sometimes add statuas and such things for state and magnificence, but nothing to the true pleasure of a garden.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/575
定位:Excerpt 62 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

培根不喜欢普通的鸟舍,除非它大到能铺草皮、种活灌木,让鸟有活动空间和自然筑巢的地方,地面也不显脏。他据此勾画了一座王家花园的蓝图,有原则也有草图,不计成本。但他也说,这对大君主没多大用,因为他们多半听工匠的,花同样多的钱把东西堆在一起,还添上雕像之类摆排场,却得不到花园真正的乐趣。

上下文

培根《随笔》中《论花园》一篇,反映17世纪英国贵族园林趣味,强调自然与实用。

今日一问

你布置生活空间时,是在追求别人看得见的排场,还是自己真正用得上的舒适?

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