If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?

  • -- Xunzi 荀子

如果心所赞同的符合适当的模式,那么即使一个人的欲望很多,它们对良好的秩序又有什么害处呢?

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

正如我赞同一个年轻人身上有一点老人的气质一样,我对一个老人身上有一点年轻人的气质也同样感到高兴。遵守这条规则的人,身体可能会变老,但思想永远不会变老。

Growth is kinda built into everyone's genes. It's built into management's genes, the salesman's genes, the investors' desires. People expect companies to grow.

每个人的基因里都有生长的基因。它根植于管理层的基因,销售员的基因,投资者的欲望。人们希望公司成长。

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.

每当我们赞同时,我们可以找到一百个好的理由来证明我们的赞同是正确的。每当我们不喜欢的时候,我们可以找到一千个理由来证明我们的不喜欢。

Hold your children with your heart but teach them with your hands.

用心去教育你的孩子,但要用心去教育他们。

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.

只有有欲望的人才是和蔼可亲的,而不是心满意足的人。

Where’s the man could ease a heart Like a satin gown?

那个男人在哪里能像缎子长袍一样让人心安呢?