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1、公平对待命运Mostpeoplecomplainoffortune,fewofnature;andthekindertheythinkthelatterhasbeentothem,themoretheymurmuratwhattheycalltheinjusticeoftheformer. WhyhavenotItheriches,therank,thepower,ofsuchandsuch,isthecommonexpostulationwithfortune;butwhyhavenotIthemerit,thetalents,thewit,orth
2、ebeauty,ofsuchandsuchothers,isareproachrarelyornevermadetonature. Thetruthis,thatnature,seldomprofuse,andseldomniggardly,hasdistributedhergiftsmoreequallythansheisgenerallysupposedtohavedone.Educationandsituationmakethegreatdifference.Cultureimproves,andoccasionselicit,naturalta
3、lentsImakenodoubtbutthattherearepotentially,ifImayusethatpedanticword,manyBacons,Lockes,Newtons,Caesars,Cromwells,andMariboroughsattheploughtailbehindcounters,and,perhaps,evenamongthenobility;butthesoilmustbecultivated,andtheseasonfavourable,forthefruittohaveallitsspiritandflavou
4、r. Ifsometimesourcommonparenthasbeenalittlepartial,andnotkeptthescalesquiteeven;ifonepreponderatestoomuch,wethrowintothelighteraduecounterpoiseofvanity,whichneverfailstosetallright.Henceithappens,thathardlyanyonemanwould,withoutreverse,andineveryparticular,changewithanyother. T
5、houghallarethussatisfiedwiththedispensationsofnature,howfewlistentohervoice!Howtofollowherasaguide!Invainshepointsouttoustheplainanddirectwaytotruth,vanity,fancy,affection,andfashionassumehershapeandwindusthroughfairy-groundtofollyanderror.既然能对自己宽容何不给他人多一点耐心Itiscuriousthatourowno
6、ffensesshouldseemsomuchlessheinousthantheoffensesofothers.Isupposethereasonisthatweknowallthecircumstancesthathaveoccasionedthemandsomanagetoexcuseinourselveswhatwecannotexcuseinothers.Weturnourattentionawayfromourowndefects,andwhenweareforcedbyuntowardeventstoconsiderthem,findit
7、easytocondonethem.ForallIknowwearerighttodothis;theyarepartofusandwemustacceptthegoodandbadinourselvestogether.Butwhenwecometojudgeothers,itisnotbyourselvesaswereallyarethatwejudgethem,butbyanimagethatwehaveformedofourselvesfromwhichwehaveleftouteverythingthatoffendsourvanityorwo
8、ulddiscreditusintheeyesoftheworld.Totake
