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Attaining Moral PerfectionFrom <TheautobiographyofBenjaminFranklin>
1.TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
一、节制。食不过饱;酒不过量。
2.SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
二、沉默寡言。言必于人于己有益;避免无益的谈话。
3.ORDER. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
三、生活有秩序。每一样东西应有安放的位置;每件事务当安排好相应的时间。
4.RESOLUTION. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
四、决心。当做必做;一旦决定,不可半途而废。
5.FRUGALITY. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.
五、俭朴。花钱必须于人或于己有益;比如,不要浪费一分一厘。
6.INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
六、勤勉。张韶轩不浪费时间;每时每刻做有用的事,终止一切不必要的行动。
7.SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly针孔旅馆2, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
七、诚恳。不恶意骗人;思想要纯洁公正,说话也要如此。
8.JUSTICE. Wrong none by doing injuries出金屋记 , or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
八、公正暗黑女王本传。不做损人之事,不要忘记履行对人有益而且是你应尽的义务无限极萃雅 。
9.MODERATION. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
九、中庸适度。避免极端;如果对你造成的伤害是应该的,当克制怒火。
10.CLEANLINESS. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation.
十、清洁。身体、衣服和住所力求清洁。
11.TRANQUILLITY. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
十一、镇静。勿因小事或不可避免的事故而惊慌失措。
12.CHASTITY. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another'speace or reputation.
十二、贞节。除了为了健康或生育后代起见,节制房事,以免伤害身体或损害你自己或他人的安宁或名誉。
13.HUMILITY. Imitate Jesus and Socrates.
十三、谦虚。仿效耶稣和苏格拉底纪敏尚 。
本杰明·富兰克林
Benjamin Franklin(1706—1790)出生于美国马萨诸塞州波士顿,美国政治家、物理学家。同时也是出版商、印刷商、记者、作家、慈善家;更是杰出的外交家及发明家。
他是美国独立战争时重要的领导人之一,参与了多项重要文件的草拟,并曾出任美国驻法国大使,成功取得法国支持美国独立尼罗河航运 。
本杰明·富兰克林曾经进行多项关于电的实验,并且发明了避雷针,最早提出电荷守恒定律。他还发明了双焦点眼镜,蛙鞋等等。本杰明·富兰克林被选为英国皇家学会院士马赫遥。他曾是美国首位邮政局长。法国经济学家杜尔哥评价富兰克林:“他从苍天那里取得了雷电,从暴君那里取得了民权。”
本杰明·富兰克林是美利坚开国三杰之一,被美国的权威期刊《大西洋月刊》评为影响美国的100位人物第6名。
If you want to find happiness, find gratitude.
想要幸福快乐,先学会感恩。