《四季隨筆》節(jié)選 - 冬 24

《四季隨筆》是吉辛的散文代表作。其中對(duì)隱士賴(lài)克羅夫特醉心于書(shū)籍、自然景色與回憶過(guò)去生活的描述，其實(shí)是吉辛的自述，作者以此來(lái)抒發(fā)自己的情感，因而本書(shū)是一部富有自傳色彩的小品文集。

吉辛窮困的一生，對(duì)文學(xué)名著的愛(ài)好與追求，以及對(duì)大自然恬靜生活的向往，在書(shū)中均有充分的反映。本書(shū)分為春、夏、秋、冬四個(gè)部分，文筆優(yōu)美，行文流暢，是英國(guó)文學(xué)中小品文的珍品之一。

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Time is money—says the vulgarest known to any age or people. Turn it round about, and you get a precious truth—money is time. I think of it on these dark, mist-blinded mornings, as I come down to find a glorious fire crackling and leaping in my study. Suppose I were so poor that I could not afford that heartsome blaze, how different the whole day would be! Have I not lost many and many a day of my life for lack of the material comfort which was necessary to put my mind in tune? Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay, which would make me their miserable bondsman. Money is time, and, heaven be thanked, there needs so little of it for this sort of purchase. He who has overmuch is wont to be as badly off in regard to the true use of money, as he who has not enough. What are we doing all our lives but purchasing, or trying to purchase, time? And most of us, having grasped it with one hand, throw it away with the other.

時(shí)間就是金錢(qián)——這句最俗的話(huà)是所有時(shí)代所有人都耳熟能詳?shù)?。把它倒過(guò)來(lái)，你就得到了一個(gè)寶貴的真理——金錢(qián)就是時(shí)間。我是在黑暗的霧氣漫天的早晨想到這句話(huà)的，當(dāng)時(shí)我下樓來(lái)，看到書(shū)房里爐火燒得正歡，噼啪作響。想想吧，如果我很窮，根本沒(méi)錢(qián)來(lái)享受這樣歡快的爐火，我這一整天將會(huì)是另一番景象！物質(zhì)上的舒適是我思想正常運(yùn)作的必要條件，而我不正是因?yàn)槲镔|(zhì)上的匱乏，失去了生命中的許多時(shí)光嗎？金錢(qián)就是時(shí)間。有了錢(qián)，我可以購(gòu)買(mǎi)到可以愉快支配的時(shí)間，否則，這時(shí)間怎么都不能說(shuō)是我的。不，那樣我會(huì)成為時(shí)間悲慘的奴隸。金錢(qián)就是時(shí)間，感謝老天，這宗買(mǎi)賣(mài)只需要很少的一點(diǎn)錢(qián)。太有錢(qián)的人和錢(qián)不夠的人，在對(duì)金錢(qián)的真正使用上，往往是一樣地糟糕。我們的一生不就是在購(gòu)買(mǎi)或者試圖購(gòu)買(mǎi)時(shí)間嗎？而我們中大多數(shù)人，都是一只手抓住它，另一只手又將它扔掉了。