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塞内卡:塞内卡道德书简·摘录 37

塞内卡《塞内卡道德书简》· Seneca's Morals · 健康 · 哲学 · 学习 · 人性

Mucius overcame the fire; Regulus, the gibbet; Socrates, poison; Rutilius, banishment; Cato, death; Fabricius, riches; Tubero, poverty; and Sextius, honors. But there are some again so delicate, that they cannot so much as bear a scandalous report; which is the same thing as if a man should quarrel for being jostled in a crowd, or dashed as he walks in the streets. He that has a great way to go must expect a slip, to stumble, and to be tired. To the luxurious man frugality is a punishment; labor and industry to the sluggard; nay, study itself is a torment to him; not that these things are hard to us by nature, but we ourselves are vain and irresolute; nay, we wonder many of us, how any man can live without wine, or endure to rise so early in a morning.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56075
定位:Excerpt 37 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

塞涅卡列了一串人:穆奇乌斯战胜了火,雷古卢斯战胜了刑架,苏格拉底战胜了毒药,鲁提利乌斯战胜了流放,加图战胜了死亡,法布里修斯战胜了财富,图贝罗战胜了贫穷,塞克斯提乌斯战胜了荣誉。可有些人娇气到连一句流言都受不了,就像在人群里被挤一下就要吵架。要走远路,就得接受滑倒、绊倒和疲惫。对放纵的人,节俭是惩罚;对懒汉,劳动是折磨;对不用功的人,学习是酷刑。不是这些事天生难,而是我们自己虚荣又没定力。

上下文

塞涅卡在讨论逆境中的勇气时,列举历史上战胜各种困境的人物,对比现代人的娇气。

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今日一问

你最近因为哪件小事就觉得受不了,其实只是自己太娇气?

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