大师经典,传家宝书。《处世之道》与马基雅维利的《君主论》、孙武的《孙子兵法》同为处世策略的三大经典。该书可帮助你修身、齐家、治国、平天下,亦可帮助你保身、全生、养亲、尽年。该书可助善良之人成功,可使邪恶之心归正,令你有相见恨晚之感。它可以影响你的一生,绝对值得珍藏。格拉西安的Ordculo有不少人将其译成英文,在国外被多家出版社反复重印。其中Joseph Jacobs于1892年将其译为The Art of Worldly Wisdom,比较洗练优美,具有广泛影响。此次推出英汉对照版,兼供英语爱好者熟读成诵,取一举两得之妙。
世间万物都已登峰造极
Everything is at its acme
性格与才智
Cha racter and intel lect
所行之事,保持悬疑
Keep matters for a time in suspense
有识有胆
Knowledge and courage
让人依赖你
Make people depend on you
巅峰之人
A person at his highest point
不要比你的上司还耀眼
Avoid outshining your superiors
不被一时激情左右
Be without passions
避免土生土长的缺陷
Avoid the faults of your nation
名与利
Fortune and Fame
结交可师者
Cultivate those who can teach you
自然与人工
Nature and art
有时三思而行,有时当机立断
Act sometimes on second thoughts,sometimes on fi rst impulse
事情本身与做事的方式
The thing itself and the way it is done
招贤纳士
Keep ministering spi rits
学识与善心
Knowledge and good intentions
变换你的行动方式
Vary your mode of action
能力与努力
Application and abiIity
刚开始时不要让人期望过高
Arouse no exaggerated expectations on entering
天时
A man of the times
幸运之道
The art of being lucky
学以致用
A man of knowledge to the point
没有瑕疵
Be spotless
控制你的想象力
Keep you imagination under control
善于领会言外之意
Know how to take a hint
找到每个人的贪求作为把柄
Find out each person’S thumbscrew
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