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自我控制
Self-Control
I hate exercising self-control.
我讨厌自我控制。
Don't give advice unless you're asked.
除非被要求，否则不要给出建议。
To be G-d's servant, one must be his own master.
要做权贵的仆人，就必须做自己的主人。
Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
不要把刺激和直率混为一谈。
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
我的确是一个国王，因为我知道如何管理自己。
There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.
一个能征服自己的人是没有什么能抵挡得住的。
The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.
飓风的威力来自一个平静的中心。一个人也是如此。
My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
我的错，我的失败，不在于我的激情，而在于我无法控制它们。
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.
一个人不应该发脾气，除非他最后肯定会越来越生气。
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
道德修养的最高阶段是我们认识到我们应该控制自己的思想。
A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.
我拥有一个小小的王国，那里有我的思想和感情;我发现管理好它非常困难。
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
我认为战胜欲望的人比战胜敌人的人更勇敢;因为最难的胜利是战胜自己。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A man's job is not to be in complete control of all situations, but to be in complete control of himself in all situations.
一个人的工作不是完全控制所有的情况，而是在所有的情况下完全控制自己。
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
记住，不仅要在正确的地方说正确的话，而且更困难的是，在诱人的时刻不说错误的话。
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
相反，告诉他，为了他自己的幸福，他需要走谦逊和自我控制的道路，那么他就会变得冷漠，甚至积极地怨恨。
As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both - winning and losing - get easier.
作为一名网球运动员，你可以赢也可以输，你必须为这两者做好准备。我小时候练习过自控。但随着年龄的增长，赢和输都变得更容易。
I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
我没有指导我的生活。不是我设计的。我从不做决定。事情总是为我而生。这就是生活。
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
你不能控制发生在你身上的事情，但是你可以控制你对发生在你身上的事情的态度，在这一点上，你将掌握改变而不是让它控制你。