To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.

  • -- Emily Post 波斯特

像你的邻居那样做是唯一明智的规则。

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No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

没有人因为把别人往下拉而达到很高的境界。聪明的商人不会打败他的竞争对手。明智的工人不为与他一起工作的人工作。不要攻击你的朋友。不要攻击你的敌人。不要把你自己。

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.

最微不足道的人最容易嘲笑别人。他们不会受到报复。除了贬低他们的邻居之外,他们没有任何提升自尊的希望。

It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do.

除了在我们所做的事情中满足我们自己的思想之外,按任何其他规则行事都是一种无休止的、轻浮的追求。

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

为了行动,你必须有点疯狂。有理智的人对思考是满意的。

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.

工作时工作,玩乐时玩乐——这是自律的基本原则。

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

嫉妒的人因邻居的成功而变得消瘦。