雙語智慧書·合理規(guī)劃自己的生活

229．合理規(guī)劃自己的生活
　　合理規(guī)劃自己的生活，不要聽天由命，要深謀遠(yuǎn)慮。如果沒有娛樂，就像途中沒有旅店的漫長旅程，這樣的人生令人厭倦。因此，要用廣博的知識(shí)為你的生活帶來種種快樂。高貴人生旅途的第一天應(yīng)該用來與逝去的人對(duì)話，我們活著就是要去了解世界、了解自己，真正的好書能讓我們成為真正的人。我們第二天應(yīng)該與活著的人在一起，觀察和留意世界上所有美好的事物。在一個(gè)國度里不可能找到一切。宇宙之父已分發(fā)他的禮物，有時(shí)他最丑的女兒還得到最豐厚的嫁妝。第三天完全屬于自己。你最后的幸福就是成為一位哲人。


229．Plan out your life wisely
　Plan out your life wisely, not as chance will have it, but with prudence and foresight. Without amusements it is wearisome, like a long journey where there are no inns: manifold knowledge gives manifold pleasure. The first day's journey of a noble life should be passed in conversing with the dead: we live to know and to know ourselves: hence true books make us truly men. The second day should be spent with the living, seeing and noticing all the good in the world. Everything is not to be found in a single country. The Universal Father has divided His gifts, and at times has given the richest dower to the ugliest. The third day is entirely for oneself. The last felicity is to be a philosopher.