雙語智慧書·圣人自足

137．圣人自足
　　圣人自足。曾有一圣人(1)，其隨身所負即為其所有。如果一位博古通今的朋友(2)能夠代表羅馬和其他世界，那么，就讓人成為他自己的這種朋友，那樣，他就能獨自生存。假如其他人的聰明、品味尚不及你，你還需要誰呢？依靠自己就足夠--這是最大的快樂，像上帝一樣自在。能夠獨自生存的人絕不是野蠻人，反而像一位圣人，更像一位神仙。


137．The sage should be self-sufficing
　The sage should be self-sufficing. He that was all in all to himself carried all with him when he carried himself. If a universal friend can represent to us Rome and the rest of the world, let a man be his own universal friend, and then he is in a position to live alone. Whom could such a man want if there is no clearer intellect or finer taste than his own? He would then depend on himself alone, which is the highest happiness and like the Supreme Being. He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much and God in everything.
　　
(1) 指古希臘麥格拉的哲學家斯提朋，他在一場火災中失去了妻兒和全部財產(chǎn)。他從廢墟中站起來說："我的財富還在身上。"
(2) 指古羅馬軍事家、執(zhí)政官老加圖（前234-前149）。