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亨利·戴维·梭罗:瓦尔登湖·摘录 117

亨利·戴维·梭罗《瓦尔登湖》· Walden · 健康 · 认知 · 行动 · 哲学

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well. For the most part, we are not where we are, but in a false position. Through an infirmity of our natures, we suppose a case, and put ourselves into it, and hence are in two cases at the same time, and it is doubly difficult to get out. In sane moments we regard only the facts, the case that is. Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe. Tom Hyde, the tinker, standing on the gallows, was asked if he had anything to say. “Tell the tailors,” said he, “to remember to make a knot in their thread before they take the first stitch.” His companion’s prayer is forgotten.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/205
定位:Excerpt 117 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

任何我们给事情披上的外衣,最终都不如真相对我们有利。只有真相经久耐用。大多数时候,我们并不在自己所在的位置,而是处于一个虚假的位置。由于天性的弱点,我们假设一种情况,把自己放进去,于是同时处于两种状况,更难脱身。在清醒的时刻,我们只关注事实,即实际的情况。说你要说的话,而不是你应该说的话。任何真相都比假装好。补锅匠汤姆·海德站在绞刑架上,被问有无遗言。他说:“告诉裁缝们,记得在缝第一针前给线打个结。”他同伴的祈祷被遗忘了。

上下文

梭罗在《瓦尔登湖》中批评人们自欺欺人,引用死囚遗言强调务实真相。

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今日一问

今天你准备说的一句“应该说的话”,能不能换成一句“真正想说的话”?

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