Art of worldly wisdom

目录
001 Everything is at its acme 事物发展一日千里
002 Character and intellect 依托性格和智慧成事
003 Keep matters for a time in suspense 保持神秘感和新鲜感
004 Knowledge and courage 知识与勇气并重
005 Create a feeling of dependence 培养依赖感
006 A man at his highest point 做到尽善尽美
007 Avoid victories over superiors 避免显得比上司更优秀
008 To be without passions 不受情绪左右
009 Avoid the faults of your nation 尽力不受环境影响
010 Fortune and fame 经营好运，奋斗名誉
011 Cultivate those who can teach you 三人行必有我师
012 Nature and art 懂得自然与艺术的关系
013 Act sometimes on second thoughts， sometimes on first impulse 时而三思而行，时而果断出击
014 The thing itself and the way it is done 相对于事情本身，如何去做更加重要
015 Keep ministering spirits 招贤纳士
016 Knowledge and good intentions 将知识与善意结合
017 Vary the mode of action 时常变换行动方式
018 Application and ability 实干精神比能力更重要
019 Arouse no exaggerated expectations on entering 不要开始就给人以过高期望
020 A man of the age 生逢其时
021 The art of being lucky 转运之道
022 A man of knowledge to the point 学以致用
023 Be spotless 改正自己的缺点
024 Keep the imagination under control 将想象的马缰握在手中
025 Know how to take a hint 学会如何利用暗示
026 Find out each man's thumbscrew 善于捕捉他人的弱点
027 Prize intensity more than extent 贵在精，不在多
028 Common in nothing 要标新立异，超凡脱俗
029 A man of rectitude 做正直的人
030 Have naught to do with occupations of ill-repute 远离影响声誉的事情
031 Select the lucky and avoid the unlucky 永远选择好运的朋友，而不要与霉运的人共事
032 Have the reputation of being gracious 让你的乐善好施众口皆碑
033 Know how to withdraw 懂得如何全身而退
034 Know your strongest point 了解你的特长
035 Think over things， most over the most im-portant 仔细斟酌，反复推敲
036 In acting or refraining，weigh your luck 做事要掌握时运，权衡利弊
037 Keep a store of sarcasms，and know how to use them 学会讽刺和挖苦的艺术
038 Leave your luck while winning 学会急流勇退
039 Recognise when things are ripe， and then enjoy them 花到开时需采摘
040 Gain the goodwill of people 如何获得人们的善待
041 Never exaggerate 永远不要言过其实
042 Born to wommand 天生即为帅才
043 Think with the few and speak with the many 谨慎思考，言随大众
044 Sympathy with great minds 英雄的碰撞
045 Use，but do not abuse，cunning 巧用但不滥用巧智
046 Master your antipathies 控制你的反感情绪
047 Avoid“affairs of honour” 避免“冲动的惩罚”
048 So mush depends on being a person of depth 绣花枕头做不得
049 Observation and judgment 耐心观察，审慎判断
050 Never lose self-respect 用自尊心来约束自己
051 Know how to choose wel 懂得如何正确的选择
052 Never be put out 永远保持镇静
053 Be diligent and intelligent 勤奋与聪明
054 Know how to show your teeth 了解如何展现你的勇气
055 Wait 懂得等待
056 Have presence of mind 要适时行动
057 Be slow and sure花时间去积累
058 Adapt yourself to your company 留手绝活
059 Finish off wel 争取完美结局
060 A sound judgment 运筹帷幄
061 To excel in what is excellent 在辉煌的岗位上成就辉煌
062 Use good instruments 工欲善其事，必先利其器
063 To be the first of the kind is an excellence 先下手为强
064 Avoid worry 远离烦恼
065 Elevated taste 具有高尚的品位
066 See that things end wel 结果比一切都重要
067 Choose an occupation that wins distinction 选择最受认同的职业
068 It is better to help with intelligence than with memory 获取朋友的知识和智慧
069 Do not give way to every common impulse 时常反省自己
070 Know how to refuse 懂得如何拒绝
071 Do not vacillate 不要举棋不定
072 Be resolute 要坚决果断
073 Utilise slips 安全地摆脱困境
074 Do not be unsociable 不要养成让人难以接近的性格
075 Choose a heroic idea 选择自己的偶像
076 Do not always be jesting 不要总是开玩笑
077 Be all things to all men 调整自己，迎合他人
078 The art of undertaking things 谨慎小心地行事
079 A genial disposition 具有大众性格
080 Take care to get information 学会去伪存真
081 Renew your brilliance 重铸辉煌
082 Drain nothing to the dregs， neither good nor ill 适可而止
083 Allow yourself some venial fault 容许自己犯些小错误
084 Make use of your enemies 充分利用你的敌人
085 Do not be a wild card 过犹不及
086 Prevent scanda 杜绝流言蜚语
087 Culture and elegance 文明与高贵
088 Let your behaviour be fine and noble 使你的行为正直且高尚
089 Know yourself 了解自己
090 The secret of long life 长寿的秘诀
091 Never set to work at anything if you have any doubts of its prudence 三思而行
092 Transcendant wisdom 卓越的智慧
093 Versatility 多才多艺
094 Keep the extent of your abilities unknown 隐藏实力
095 Keep expectation alive 永远持期待的心
096 The highest discretion 极佳的判断能力
097 Obtain and preserve a reputation 成就并维护威名
098 Write your intentions in cypher 隐藏意图，学会“打太极”
099 Reality and appearance 真相与表象
100 Be a man without illusions，a wise christian，a philosophic courtier 做一个智慧的人，一个贤明的基督徒，一个虔诚的哲学学者
101 One half of the world laughs at the other， and fools are they all 愚蠢的人才自相嘲讽
102 Be able to stomach big slices of luck 享受大福大运的能力
103 Let each keep up his dignity 让别人保有他的尊严
104 Try your hand at office 知道不同工作的要求
105 Don't be a bore 避免罗唆
106 Do not parade your position 不要炫耀自己的地位
107 Show no self-satisfaction 永不自满
108 The Path to greatness is along with others 三人行必有我师
109 Be not censorious 不要指责
110 Do not wait till you are a sinking sun 不要待到无法挽回
111 Have friends 拥有朋友
112 Gain good-will 争取别人的善意
113 In prosperity prepare for adversity 居安思危
114 Never compete 不要与人相争
115 Get used to the failings of your familiars 习惯相识人的缺点
116 Only act with honourable men 只和可敬的人共事
117 Never talk about yourself 不要谈论自己
118 Acquire the reputation of courtesy 获得谦恭的名声
119 Avoid becoming disliked 避免令人厌恶
120 Live practically 生活要讲究实际
121 Do not make a business of what is no business 不要小题大做
122 Distinction in speech and action 言行要有威信
123 Avoid affectation 避免伪装
124 Get yourself missed 让自己被思念
125 Do not be a black list 不要过分关注别人的过失
126 Folly consists not in committing folly，but in not hiding it when committed 愚蠢不是因为做了蠢事，而是不会隐藏
127 Grace in everything 行事优雅
128 Highmindedness 高尚品质
129 Never complain 永不抱怨
130 Do and be seen doing 要肯干，也要让别人看到你所做的事
131 Nobility of feeling 慷慨的气度
132 Revise your judgments 修订自己的判断
133 Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone 与众人同醉，而不要独醒
134 Double your resources 加倍储藏你的资源
135 Do not nourish the spirit of contradiction 不要过多反驳
136 Post yourself in the centre of things 把握事情的关键
137 The sage should be self-sufficing 圣人自足
138 The art of letting things alone 顺其自然
139 Recognise unlucky days 学会面对不幸的日子
140 Find the good in a thing at once 善于发现事物的优点
141 Do not listen to yourself 不能只听见自己的声音
142 Never from obstinacy take the wrong side because your opponent hasanticipated you in taking the right one 如果对手站在正确的一方，你不能固执地站在错误的一方
143 Never become paradoxical in order to avoid the trite1 不能因为免俗而使用诡辩术
144 Begin with another's to end with your own 开始于他人，得益于自己
145 Do not show your wounded finger 藏起你受伤的手指
146 Look into the interior of things 要看到事物本质
147 Do not be inaccessible 听取他人的忠告
148 Have the art of conversation 懂得谈话的艺术
149 Know how to put off ills on others 学会把责任推给别人
150 Know to get your price for things 懂得销售之道
151 Think beforehand 未雨绸缪
152 Never have a companion who casts you in the shade 不要与让你黯然失色的人为伍
153 Beware of entering where there is a great gap to be filled 不要去填补巨人留下的空缺
154 Do not believe， or like， lightly 不轻信他人
155 The art of mastering your passion 学会掌控你的激情
156 Select your friends 选择你的朋友
157 Do not make mistakes about character 不要看错人
158 Make use of your friends 善用朋友
159 Put up with fools 忍受愚人
160 Be careful in speaking 注意言辞
161 Know your pet faults 认识你所迷恋的缺点
162 How to triumph over rivals and detractors 如何击败对手和诽谤者
163 Never，from sympathy with the unfortunate，involve yourself in his fate 不要因为同情不幸，而把自己卷入其中
164 Throw straws in the air 试探别人的想法
165 Wage war honourably 斗亦有道
166 Distinguish the man of words from the man of deeds 辨别善言者和善行者
167 Know how to take your own part 学会靠自己
168 Do not indulge in the eccentricities of folly 不要成为愚蠢的怪物
169 Be more careful not to miss once than to hit a hundred times 避免万一失手，胜过百发百中
170 In all things keep something in reserve 保有留余
171 Do not waste influence 不能滥用人情
172 Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose 不要和一个一无所有的人作对
173 Do not be glass in intercourse， still less in friendship 与人交往，不要像玻璃般易碎
174 Do not live in a hurry 不要行色匆匆
175 A solid man 做一个真实的人
176 Have knowledge，or know those that have knowledge 有学问，或者向有学问的人学习
177 Avoid familiarities in intercourse 避免交往的亲密
178 Trust your heart 信赖你的心
179 Reticence is the seal of capacity 沉默是能力的标志
180 Never be guide by what your enemy has done 不要被敌人误导
181 The truth， but not the whole truth 说真话，但不是全部的真话
182 A grain of boldness in everything 稍示勇敢
183 Do not hold your views too firmly 不要固执已见
184 Do not be ceremonious 不要过分讲究礼仪
185 Never stake your credit on a single cast 不要孤注一掷
186 Recognise faults， however high placed1 识别位高权重者的缺陷
187 Do pleasant things yourself， unpleasant things through others 众人愉快的事，自己做，众人不快的事，让别人做
188 Be the bearer of praise 成为赞美的人
189 Utilise another's wants 利用别人的欲望
190 Find consolation in all things 在所有的事物中找到安慰
191 Do not take payment in politeness 不要被恭维所迷惑
192 Peaceful life，a long life 平和的生活才会长寿
193 Watch him that begins with another's to end with his own 防备那些善于利用别人的人
194 Have reasonable views of yourself and of your affairs 现实地看待自己和自己的事
195 Know how to appreciate 学会如何欣赏别人
196 Know your ruling star 认识你的幸运星
197 Do not carry fools on your back 绝不被愚人拖累
198 Know how to transplant yourself 知道如何异地求生
199 To find a proper place by merit，not by presumption 用功绩达成一个适合自己的目的
200 Leave Something to wish for 留有期盼的空间
201 They are all Fools who seem so besides half the rest1 看起来愚蠢的人必是蠢人，剩下的一半人中还有一半是蠢人
202 Words and deeds make the perfect man 言语和行动造就完美之人
203 Know the great men of your age 认识你那个时代的伟人
204 Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult，and difficult as if they were easy 既举轻若重，又举重若轻
205 Know how to play the card of contempt 学会使用藐视的力量
206 Know that there are vulgar people everywhere 知道庸俗的本性无处不在
207 Be moderate 要谨慎
208 Do not die of the fools' disease 不要染上蠢人的恶疾而死
209 Know yourself free from common follies 让自己摆脱常见的愚蠢想法
210 Know how to play the card of truth 知道如何对待真相
211 In heaven all is bliss 天堂里尽是福祉
212 Keep to yourself the final touches of your art 为自己传授的技艺留一手
213 Know how to contradict 学会反驳
214 Do not turn one blunder into two 愚蠢的错误不能一犯再犯
215 Watch him that acts on second thoughts 谨防城府很深之人
216 Be expressive 善于表达
217 Neither love nor hate forever 没有永远的爱，也没有永远的恨
218 Never act from obstinacy but from knowledge 行事不可固执，要运用知识
219 Do not pass for a hypocrite 不要被人误作为伪君子
220 If you cannot clothe yourself in lionskin use foxpelt 如果你披不了狮子皮，那就披狐狸皮
221 Do not seize occasions to embarrass yourself or others 不要让自己或他人难堪
222 Reserve is proof of prudence 矜持是谨慎的表现
223 Be not eccentric 切勿古怪
224 Never take things against the grain 永远不要违背事物的本性
225 Know your chief fault 知道自己最主要的缺点
266 Take care to be obliging 要乐于助人
227 Do not be the slave of first impressions 切勿受制于第一印象
228 Do not be a scandal-monger 不要搬弄是非
229 Plan out your life wisely 妥善地规划自己的人生
230 Open your eyes betimes 要及时睁开双眼
231 Never let things be seen half-finished 勿以半成品示人
232 Have a touch of business sense 注意身边的小事
233 Let not the proffered morsel be distasteful 了解他人的品位
234 Never trust your honour to another，unless you have his in pledge 不要将你的名誉交托他人，除非对方也对你以诚相见
235 Know how to ask 知道怎样寻求帮助
236 Make an obligation beforehand of what would have to be a reward afterwards. 施予滴水恩，求得涌泉报
237 Never share the secrets of your superiors 不要去了解过于重要的秘密
238 Know what is wanting in yourself 了解自己缺少什么
239 Do not be captious 求知也需有度
240 Make use of folly 大智若愚
241 Put up with raillery，but do not practise it 能够容忍别人的嘲弄，但不要开别人的玩笑
242 Push advantages 有始有终
243 Do not be too much of a dove 不要过于善良
244 Create a feeling of obligation 如何在求得别人帮忙的同时使其感谢自己
245 Original and out-of-the-way views 用离经叛道的角度看问题
246 Never offer satisfaction unless it is demanded 莫做多余的事
247 Know a little more，live a little less 增长知识，简化生活
248 Do not go with the last speaker 不要人云亦云
249 Never begin life with what should end it 找到适合自己的活法
250 When to change the conversation 交谈中的反向考
251 Use human means as if there were no divine ones，and divine as if there were no human ones 运用人类的法则生存，不要去在意神的存在和神的处世方法
252 Neither belong entirely to yourself nor entirely to others 既不要自私自利，也不要大公无私
253 Do not explain overmuch 解释需恰如其分
254 Never despise an evil， however small 对坏事要做充分准备
255 Do good a little at a time， but often 常常施以小恩
256 Go armed，always 武装自己，防范敌人
257 Never let matters come to a rupture 不要将关系僵化
258 Find out some one to share your troubles 找到可以分担忧愁的人
259 Anticipate injuries and turn them into favours 化敌为友
260 We belong to none and none to us， entirely 不要将自己完全交给别人
261 Do not follow up a folly 不要一错再错
262 Be able to forget 要学会忘记
263 Many things of taste one should not possess oneself 好东西要众人分享
264 Have no careless days 每天都要小心
265 Set those under you difficult task 给你的下属布置艰巨任务
266 Do not become bad from sheer goodness 做老好人的结果就是变成坏人
267 Silken words，sugared manners 温言细语胜于刀枪
268 The wise does at once what the fool does at last 智者雷厉风行，蠢人拖拖拉拉
269 Make use of the novelty of your position 善用你给别人带来的新奇感
270 Do not condemn alone that which pleases all 不要对大家都喜欢的事物指手画脚
271 In every occupation if you know little stick to the safest path. 如果你对所做之事一无所知，最好选择安全行事
272 Sell things by the tariff of courtesy 有礼有节，不卑不亢
273 Comprehend their dispositions with whom you deal 与人打交道要对对方的性格有所了解
274 Be attractive 具有吸引力
275 Join in the game as far as decency permits 举止得体
276 Know how to renew your character 懂得如何改变你的性格
277 Display yourself 展示自我
278 Avoid notoriety in all things 不要做败坏自己名声的事情
279 Do not contradict the contradicter 避免针锋相对
280 Be trustworthy 要诚实可靠
281 Find favour with men of sense 博得睿智之人的好感
282 Make use of absence to make yourself more esteemed or valued 通过减少露面来提高声望
283 Have the gift of discovery 拥有探索和发现的天分
284 Do not be importunate 不要纠缠不清
285 Never die of another's ill-luck 绝对不要被别人的厄运所拖累
286 Do not become responsible for all or for everyone 不要对所有人或每个人都负责
287 Never act in a passion 永远不要意气用事
288 Live for the moment 抓住时机
289 Nothing depreciates a man more than to show he is a man like other men 让别人看到自己是多么没有个性，是贬低别人最有效的方法
290 It is a piece of good fortune to combine men's love and respect 能够同时得到别人的敬爱和尊敬是一种幸运
291 Know how to test people 懂得如何判断他人
292 Let your personal qualities surpass those of your office 不要让你的个人素质被工作所束缚
293 Maturity 成熟稳重
294 Be moderate in your views 要客观地提出观点
295 Do not affect what you have not effected 不要只做表面功夫
296 Noble qualities 高贵的品质
297 Always act as if your acts were seen 没有不透风的墙
298 Three things go to a prodigy 三种素质造就天才
299 Leave off hungry 美味不可多得
300 In one word， be a saint 简而言之一句话：修身养性