第25章 致富之道 2（第1页）

第25章致富之道（2）

“Sowhatsignifiesiimes。Wemaymakethesetimesbetter，ifwebestirourselves。‘IoorRichardsays，alivesuponhopewilldiefasting’。‘Therearenogainswithoutpains’；then‘helphands，forIhavenolands，orifIhave，theyaresmartlytaxed’。And，asPoorRichardlikewiseobserves，‘hethathathatradehathae’；ahag，hathanofficeofprofitandhonor’；buttherademustbeworkedat，andthegwellfollowed，oratenortheoffiableustopayourtaxes。Ifweareindustrious，weshallarve；for，asPoorRichardsays，‘atthewman'shousehungerlooksin，butdareser’。Norwillthebailifforthestableenter，for‘industrypaysdebts，whiledespairihem’，saysPoorRichard。Whatthoughyouhavefoundnotreasure，norhasaioyoualegacy，‘diligeherofgoodluck’，asPoorRichardsays，and‘Godgivesallthingstoindustry’。Then‘plowdeep，whilesluggardssleep，andyoushallhavetosellandtokeep’，saysPoorDick。Workwhileitiscalledtoday，foryouknownothowmuaybehiomorrow，oorRichardsays，‘oodayisworthtwotomorrows’，andfarther，haveyousomewhattodotomorrow，doittoday。Ifyouwereaservant，wouldyounotbeashamedthatagoodmastershouldcatchyouidle？Areyouthenyourownmaster，beashamedtocatchyourselfidle，asPoorDicksays。Whenthereissomuchtobedoneforyourself，yourfamily，yourtry，andyrag，beupbypeepofday；letnotthesunlookdownandsay，ingloriousherehelies。Haoolswithoutmittetheglovesice，asPoorRichardsays。‘Thistruethereismuchtobedone，andperhapsyouareweakhaicktoitsteadily；andyouwillseegreateffects，fortdroppingwearsawaystones，andbydiligeieeintwothedlittlestrokesfellgreatoaks，asPoorRichardsaysinhisAlmanack，theyearIotjustnowremember。”

&hinksIhearsomeofyousay，‘mustamanaffordhimselfnoleisure？’Iwilltellthee，myfriend，oorRichardsays，employthytimewell，ifthoumeaogainleisure；anotsureofamihrownotawayanhour。Leisureistimefsomethihisleisurethediligentmanwillobtain，butthelazymahat，asPoorRichardsaysalifeofleisureandalifeoflazihings。Doyouimagislothwillaffordyoumorefortthanlabour？No，forasPoorRichardsays，trsfromidleness，aoilfromneedlessease。Manywithoutlabor，wouldlivebytheirwitsonly，buttheybreakforwantofstock。Whereasindustrygivesfort，ay，a：flypleasures，andthey'llfollowyou；Thediligentspinnerhasalargeshift；andnoandacow，everybodybidsmegoodmorrow；allofwhichisoorRichard。”

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。