20. "Pain is limited, but fear is endless."
-"On Rebellion and Disputes"
2 1, all the commandments against the monarch can be classified into two types: remember that you are mortal first; Remember that you are still God, or God's spokesman. The former constrains the power of the monarch, while the latter controls the will of the monarch.
? -"On the Emperor"
22. The greatest trust between people is to accept suggestions. Trusting others in other ways means that you only entrust a part of your life, such as your land, property, children, reputation and various special affairs to others; And once you regard others as your exhorter, you entrust everything. Because of this, they must be honest and loyal people.
? -"As suggested"
23. It's now or never. There is no doubt that great wisdom is good at grasping the beginning of everything. Even if the crisis seems trivial, it should not be taken lightly. Crises mostly fool people with fantasy, and seldom torture people with strength. I am willing to face the crisis head-on before it approaches, and I can't spend too long monitoring them step by step. The longer I guard against passive situations, the easier it is to lose my guard.
? -"On Procrastination"
This is the nature of extremely selfish people, who burn down other people's houses in order to cook their own eggs. However, they often win the favor of their masters, because such people are often proficient in how to please their masters for profit. Whatever the purpose, they can always sacrifice what they are doing.
25. All kinds of cleverness for one's own self-interest belong to moral corruption in the final analysis. It is the wisdom of mice. When disaster comes, they will flee in all directions. It is the fox's cunning that will only bite the benefactor; It is the cleverness of crocodiles, killing their prey and shedding crocodile tears. However, it is particularly important to point out that, just as Cicero commented on Pompeii, truly selfish people often have a tragic fate. Although they always sacrifice others for themselves, thinking that they have grasped their destiny by their own cleverness, they all become impermanent sacrifices in the end.
? ? -"On the Wisdom of Self-interest"
Although we can't refuse new things, we should always be skeptical. As the Bible says, we stand on the ancient road, look around the fields, find a straight road, and then March forward bravely.
-"On Innovation"
27. Without love, the bustling crowd will have no company. Everyone's face is just a portrait gallery, and the words are just the tinkling of cymbals. There is a Latin proverb that can reflect the profound meaning: "A big city is a wasteland."
28. Pythagoras' motto is dark, but it is true: don't eat your heart. If we want to explain the meaning of this sentence directly, it is that people who have no friends to open their hearts are equivalent to swallowing their own hearts.
29. If someone can't play their role well and has good friends, they might as well quit the stage.
? -"On Friendship"
30. There is a kind of wisdom beyond medical skills in the way of keeping in good health: analyze what is good for the body and what is harmful to the body through your own observation. This is the real way to keep in good health. More cautiously, if it doesn't suit me, just give up, instead of thinking, "I don't see any harm, so go on." You know, being young and strong can naturally make you live through indulgence safely, but it will definitely make you pay off when you are old. Time and tide wait for no man. We must never act as we did when we were young.
-"On the Road to Health"
3 1. Caution is better than eloquence, and it is more important for listeners to sing than flowery words and clear organization. If you can talk a lot but can't answer questions tactfully, it will make the speaker look dull; It is superficial and untenable to be witty and not good at Kan Kan when answering. In the animal kingdom, we can see that those animals that are not good at running are the most flexible when they move around, just like hounds and rabbits. Before talking about the core issues, too much elaboration will make the listener bored, but it will be too blunt and unprepared.
? -On Rhetoric