Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own.
快乐的人,只有快乐的人,是能把今天称为自己所有的那个人。
【译文】 孔子说:“富和贵,人人向往,不以正当的方法得到的,不要享受;贫和贱,人人厌恶,不以正当方法摆脱的,不要逃避。君子扔掉了仁爱之心,怎么算君子?君子时刻不会违反仁道,紧急时如此,颠沛时如此。”
I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.
出自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·疾贪》。欲,想。表,仪表,这句话指身体。下,指下属。先之身,先要求自己。要想影子正,就要先把自己的身子站直;要想下属清廉,自己要先做出表率。这句话以正影先正身为喻,说明正人先正己的道理。
语言不是描述现实的工具,而是现实本身。