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第25章 致富之道 2（第1页）
owhatsignifieswishingandhoingforbettertimes。Wemaymakethesetimesbetter，ifwebestirourselves。‘Industryneednotwish’，asPoorRichardsays，and‘hethatlivesuonhoewilldiefasting’。‘Therearenogainswithoutains’；then‘helhands，forIhavenolands，orifIhave，theyaresmartlytaxed’。And，asPoorRichardlikewiseobserves，‘hethathathatradehathanestate’；and‘hethathathacalling，hathanofficeofrofitandhonor’；butthenthetrademustbeworkedat，andthecallingwellfollowed，orneithertheestatenortheofficewillenableustoayourtaxes。Ifweareindustrious，weshallneverstarve；for，asPoorRichardsays，‘attheworkingmanshousehungerlooksin，butdaresnotenter’。Norwillthebailiffortheconstableenter，for‘industryaysdebts，whiledesairincreaseththem’，saysPoorRichard。Whatthoughyouhavefoundnotreasure，norhasanyrichrelationleftyoualegacy，‘diligenceisthemotherofgoodluck’，asPoorRichardsays，and‘Godgivesallthingstoindustry’。Then‘lowdee，whilesluggardsslee，andyoushallhavecorntosellandtokee’，saysPoorDick。Workwhileitiscalledtoday，foryouknownothowmuchyoumaybehinderedtomorrow，whichmakesPoorRichardsays，‘onetodayisworthtwotomorrows’，andfarther，haveyousomewhattodotomorrow，doittoday。Ifyouwereaservant，wouldyounotbeashamedthatagoodmastershouldcatchyouidle？Areyouthenyourownmaster，beashamedtocatchyourselfidle，asPoorDicksays。Whenthereissomuchtobedoneforyourself，yourfamily，yourcountry，andyourgraciousking，beubyeeofday；letnotthesunlookdownandsay，ingloriousherehelies。Handleyourtoolswithoutmittens；rememberthatthecatinglovescatchesnomice，asPoorRichardsays。‘Thistruethereismuchtobedone，anderhasyouareweakhanded，butsticktoitsteadily；andyouwillseegreateffects，forconstantdroingwearsawaystones，andbydiligenceandatiencethemouseateintwothecable；andlittlestrokesfellgreatoaks，asPoorRichardsaysinhisAlmanack，theyearIcannotjustnowremember。”
“MethinksIhearsomeofyousay，‘mustamanaffordhimselfnoleisure？’Iwilltellthee，myfriend，whatPoorRichardsays，emloythytimewell，ifthoumeanesttogainleisure；and，sincethouartnotsureofaminute，thrownotawayanhour。Leisureistimefordoingsomethinguseful；thisleisurethediligentmanwillobtain，butthelazymannever；sothat，asPoorRichardsaysalifeofleisureandalifeoflazinessaretwothings。Doyouimaginethatslothwillaffordyoumorecomfortthanlabour？No，forasPoorRichardsays，troublesringsfromidleness，andgrievoustoilfromneedlessease。Manywithoutlabor，wouldlivebytheirwitsonly，buttheybreakforwantofstock。Whereasindustrygivescomfort，andlenty，andresect：flyleasures，andtheyllfollowyou；Thediligentsinnerhasalargeshift；andnowIhaveasheeandacow，everybodybidsmegoodmorrow；allofwhichiswellsaidbyPoorRichard。”
善解人意的读者：
我听说一个作家的作品被其他博学的作家充满敬意地引用是他最大的快乐。这种快乐我很少有过，虽然整整25年来，我年年都是历书的知名作家——如果我没有自夸的话——可不知为什么，跟我同道的作家们却一直都很吝啬他们的掌声，甚至没有一个作家丝毫注意过我，虽然我的作品带给我很多实惠，但掌声太少实在是件很让人泄气的事情。
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