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1、MaximsAndReflections:AnEnglishtranslationofMaximenundReflexionenFromthePublicDomainMAXIMSANDREFLECTIONSJOHANNWOLFGANGvonGOETHE1.Weenjoylookingintothefuturebecausebyoursecretlongings,wesomuchwanttobringaboutafavourablerealizationofthevaguepossibilitiesthatmovetoandfrointhatrealm.2.Itisnote

2、asyforustobeinthecompanyofmanypeoplewithoutthinkingthatchance,havingbroughttogethersomany,shouldalsobringusourfriends.3.Howeversecludedourlife,soonerorlaterandwithoutrealizingit,wewillfindourselvesindebtorcredit.4.Whenwemeetsomeonewhoowesusthanks,itwillimmediatelyoccurtous.Howoftenwecanme

3、etsomeonewherethedebtisonourside,andwedonotgiveitathought!5.Tocommunicateisnatural;toacceptwhatiscommunicatedisanart.6.No-onewouldtalkmuchincompanyifherealizedhowoftenhehimselfmisunderstandsothers.7.Thereason,maybe,forouralteredaccountofwhatothershavesaidisourownfailuretounderstandthem.8.

4、Anyonewhoholdsforthatlengthandwithoutflatteringhislistenerswillcourtdislike.9.Everyspokenwordevokesitscontrarymeaning.10.Contradictionandflatterybothmakeforpoorconversation.11.Themostcongenialsocialoccasionsarethoseruledbycheerfuldeferenceofeachforall.12.Theclearestindicationofcharacteris

5、whatpeoplefindlaughable.13.Whatislaughableresultsfromamoralcontrastwhichhasbeenputacrossforthesensesinaharmlessway.14.Sensuousmanoftenlaughswherethereisnothingtolaughat.Whateverstimulateshim,hisinnercontentmentshowsitself.15.Themanwhounderstandsfindsalmosteverythinglaughable;themanofreaso

6、n,practicallynothing.16.Amanwelloninyearswastakentotaskforstillpayingattentiontoyoungwomen.“It‟stheonlyway”,hereplied,“torejuvenateoneself,andthat‟swhateverybodywants.”17.Wesufferpeopletotellusaboutourshortcomings,wecondonepunishment,wepatientlyendureagooddealontheiraccount;butweareimpati

7、entwhenweareurgedtodiscardthem.18.Certainshortcomingsarenecessaryforanindividual‟sexistence.Wewouldfeeluncomfortableifoldfriendsweretodiscardcertaincharacteristics.19.“He‟llsoondie”,asthesayinggoes,whensomeoneactsoutofcharacter.20.Whatkindsofshortcomingsareweallowed