How to Live
The most important thing to learn in life is how to to live. There is nothing men are so anxious to keep as life ,and nothing they take so little pains to keep well.
There is no simple matter.「Life,」said Hippocrates,「is short. Art is long.Opportunity fleeting. Experiment uncertain and judgement difficult.」
Happiness and success in life do not depend on our circumstances, but on ourselves. More men have ruined themselves than have ever been destroyed by others: more houses and cities have perished at the hands of man, than storms or earthquakes have ever destroyed.
There are two sorts of ruin: one is the work of time, the other of men .Of all ruins, the ruin of man is the saddest,and a man's worst enemy ,said Seneca,「is the one in the breast.」Many men spend much of their time making the rest of miserable .They lay upon themselves in youth a yoke ,which seems indeed is at first, light and pleasant, but in after years becomes more and more crushing . Men love themselves and the darkest shadows in life are those which a man makes when he stands in his own light. We all know how to make ourselves miserable. If we do wrong, it is with our eyes open ; for if they are not open ,we may act unwisely,but it is not sin.
In fact, the wise and virtuous life, notthe wicked and self- indulgent, will be the truly happy life ,and sin is thereal self –sacrifice.
如 何 生 活
人一生中要學習的最主要內容之一就是如何生活。人類最急切想做到的事情莫過於對生命的愛護，然而要愛護生命又是那樣掉以輕心。
這並非是一個簡單的問題。「生命」希波克拉提斯說，「生命是短暫的，藝術是永久的，機會是一時的，經驗是不定的，判斷是困難的。」
人生的幸福與成功，並不依靠環境，而是由我們本身來決定。人類多毀於自身，而很少毀於他人：房屋和城市都毀於人手，而很少毀於風暴和地震。
毀滅有兩種：一種是時間，另一種是人類。在一切的毀滅中，以人類所造成的毀滅最悲慘。人類是最兇惡的敵人，塞內卡說：「藏在人的心中」。很多人用他們大部分時間製造悲劇。他們在年輕時候給自己套上枷鎖。最初，還的確似乎很輕鬆愉快，但是後來卻變得越來越沉重。人類珍愛自己，而他們人生道路上最昏暗的陰影正是他們為自己造成的。我們都有使我們生活變得悲慘的本領。如果我們會犯錯誤，那是我們明知故犯；如果我們不是明知故犯，那是我們行為不檢，但也不是罪孽。
事實上，明智和善良地生活，而非罪惡和放縱地生活，才是真正的幸福生活，但罪孽是真正的自我犧牲。
Things Making Life Happy
We can almost say that different people have different ideas of happiness. When a gambler wins, you may shout hysterically over his gambling table. But others may stare at him with disgust, for then ever at all share the gambler's merry mood.
As to be me, nothing can be so happy as I look at my stout body before the mirror. But this world is different when it is viewed by a pale-faced youth, his life is linked with clinical thermometers. So he feels gloomy while thinking of his future. Who can be happy without health then?
Yet, health without knowledge is almost equal to a body without a soul. So we are often told that a teacher usually leads a simple life. Yet his image appears great before his students. The main reason is that he has knowledge .His knowledge gives him confidence, and it is confidence that makes life worth living
Some people say wealth makes life perfect.I personally see no justification in such a curse. The question is: how the money is used and who has the money---the majority or a small group of people. Anyway,I do not think wealth is essential to attain happiness. With knowledge and health, we can create wealth. And happiness will come of itself.
幸 福 生 活 的 要 素
我們幾乎可以這樣說，不同的人對幸福有不同的看法。一個賭徒贏了錢，他會發神經一樣在賭檯上大叫起來。但是別人由於不理解他那種高興的心情，會厭煩的盯著他直瞧。
對我來說，在鏡子面前看看自己粗壯的身體是再幸福不過了。但一個臉色蒼白的青年對這個世界的看法就不同了。因為他生活老是和體溫表分不開。所以，一想到自己的前途他就會感到悲觀。如果沒有健康的身體有誰會感到幸福呢？
然而，只有健康的身體而缺乏知識，幾乎等於只有身體而沒有靈魂。所以我們常常聽說，教師雖然經常過著平淡的生活，但是他在學生面前展現出一副偉大的形象。這主要是因為他具有知識。他的知識會增加信心，正是有了信心，生活才有價值。
有人說財富使生活美滿。我個人看這種說法不對頭。問題是金錢如何用，誰擁有金錢，是多數人還是少數人？我認為，要獲得幸福，金錢不是必不可少的。有了知識和健康，我們可以創造財富。而幸福可以隨之而來。
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