富兰克林自传书评

1. Frugality is the secret of wealth. Easier said than done. For religion, faith and all spiritual things, we should take the essence and discard the dross. 3. Franklin's 13 great virtues. These are the rules I have to keep in check every day. Temperance: eat not enough, drink not too much. Silence: Avoid idle talk, speaking only to your own benefit or that of others. 3. Be organized: Your affairs should be in order. 4. Resolution: If you must do it, do it well. 5. Frugality: Spend money only to do good to others or yourself, never to waste it. 6. Diligence: cherish time, do useful things, avoid meaningless action. 7. Sincerity: don't cheat, have conscience, be kind, speak truth. 8. Justice: Do no harm, do not shirk one's duty. 9. Moderation: Avoid extremes and accept injuries as something you should suffer. 10. Tidiness: Keep your body, clothes and place neat and tidy. 11. Calm: Not fazed by the small, the common, or the inevitable. 12. Abstinence: abstain from sexual intercourse, except for health or the continuation of an heir; Do not injure your body or your own or another's peace or reputation by excessive sexual intercourse. 13. Humility: Follow the example of Jesus and Socrates. 4. I put temperance first. Temperance makes one cool and clear. Such a cool head and clear thinking is necessary in order to be constantly vigilant and resist the attraction and temptation of old habits. Having acquired and acquired this virtue, silence becomes much easier. I want to improve my knowledge as well as my character, and I think it is better to use my ears than my mouth when talking As I wished to break the habit of babbling, witticisms, and jesting which I was then forming, and which bound me only to the frivolous, I put reticence second. The acquisition of this and the next (order) will, I suppose, give me more time to carry out my study plan. Having acquired the habit of determination, I was able to make more determined efforts to acquire the rest of my virtues. Frugality and industry will get me out of debt, will give me wealth and possessions, will make the practice of sincerity and justice easier. Then, according to the advice of Pythagoras in his Golden Poems, I consider it necessary to examine daily. 5. I cannot boast of my actual success in forming the habit of modesty, but I have made considerable progress in my appearance. I often forbade myself from saying anything directly contrary to the opinion of others, anything overconfident, and I even imposed on myself the old rules of our Talking-reading society, forbidding myself from using any word or expression in English which expressed a positive opinion, such as "certainly," "undoubtedly," etc. Instead, I used "I imagine," "I suppose," or "I suppose a thing is so and so," or "It seems to me now that..." . When another person expresses an idea which I believe to be false, I do not violently refute it, but immediately point out some absurdity in his proposal. I give up the pleasure I derive from such a refutation. In response, I began to point out that in some cases his view was correct, but in the current situation it looked or seemed different to me, etc. Soon I began to see the benefits of this change of approach. I began to talk better with people than before. Because I humbly offered my opinions, they were more readily accepted and less likely to be contradicted. When I find I am wrong, I will not be unduly annoyed; When I am right, I am also better able to persuade others to let go of their mistakes and accept my opinion. 6. Of all the emotions we are born with, perhaps none is more difficult to tame than pride. Although you changed it, struggle with it, put it down, even though you try to suppress it, overcome, you still can't get it out by the roots, it will be out from time to time to show true colors, may be you will often meet it in the autobiography, because even if I can imagine my pride has been completely overcome this defect, maybe I will because of my humble and proud. Be modest and prudent. 7. "After the first hundred pounds, it was much easier to earn the second." Because money itself is generative. Go for your first bucket of gold. Many partnerships end in arguments, but I'm happy because they work out so well and have happy endings. I think that's mostly because I was so clear about the rights and obligations of both parties in the contract in advance of any possible misunderstandings. So I would like to advise all of the partnership business people take this to prevent, because at the time of the conclusion of the contract no matter how much the two sides respect each other trust each other, between them may be little jealousies and complain in the future, will happen in the burden of care of the business and affairs rough feeling, and so on, this often cause the bursting of the friendship and cooperation, may cause the legal or other unpleasant consequences. 8. In the journey of life, setbacks are unavoidable. We should face up to this law, be positive and optimistic, and keep moving forward.