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If the freedom thus purchased is used aright; and the man still does actual work; though of a different kind; whether as a writer or a general; whether in the field of politics or in the field of exploration and adventure; he shows he deserves his good fortune。

But if he treats this period of freedom from the need of actual labor as a period; not of preparation; but of mere enjoyment; even though perhaps not of vicious enjoyment; he shows that he is simply a cumberer on the earth’s surface; and he surely unfits himself to hold his own place with his fellows; if the need to do so should again arise。 A mere life of ease is not in the end a very satisfactory life; and; above all; it is a life which ultimately unfits those who follow it for serious work in the world。

As it is with the individual; so it is with the nation。 It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history。 Thrice happy is the nation that has a glorious history。 Far better it is to dare mighty things; to win glorious triumphs; even though checkered by failure; than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much; because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat。

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幸福之路(1)

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道德家們常說,靠追求你是無法得到幸福的。如果你不能明智地追求幸福,那麼這句話就是真理。蒙特卡洛的賭徒們想要追求金錢,可是卻鬧得血本無歸。其實還有很多追求金錢的方式,這些方法通常都能成功。追求幸福也同樣如此。如果你靠喝酒來追求幸福,你就會忘記煩心事。伊壁鳩魯追求幸福,是透過與志趣相投之人結交,只吃不塗黃油的麵包,用一點兒乳酪慶賀節日。對他而言,這種追求幸福的方式被證明是成功的,但是他很虛弱,而大多數人需要一些能使精力更充沛的東西