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拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生:随笔·摘录 45

拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生《随笔》· Essays · 哲学 · 投资 · 健康 · 财富

The same guards which protect us from disaster, defect, and enmity, defend us, if we will, from selfishness and fraud. Bolts and bars are not the best of our institutions, nor is shrewdness in trade a mark of wisdom. Men suffer all their life long, under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself,[137] as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guaranty of the fulfillment of every contract, so that honest service cannot come to loss. If you serve an ungrateful master, serve him the more. Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is withholden,[138] the better for you; for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.

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定位:Excerpt 45 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

保护我们免受灾难、缺陷和敌意的同样守卫,若我们愿意,也能保护我们免受自私和欺诈。门闩和栅栏不是我们最好的制度,交易中的精明也不是智慧的标志。人们一生都受着愚蠢迷信的折磨,以为自己会被骗。但一个人除了被自己骗,不可能被任何人骗,就像一件事不能同时既是又不是。我们所有的交易都有第三个沉默的参与者。事物的本性和灵魂为每份契约的履行作担保,所以诚实的服务不会落空。如果你服侍一个忘恩负义的主人,就更加服侍他。让上帝欠你的债。每一击都会得到偿还。付款拖延得越久,对你越好;因为复利上滚复利,就是这国库的利率和惯例。

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