雙語智慧書·不要小題大做

121．不要小題大做
　　不要小題大做。有的人對任何事都喜歡搬弄是非，而有的則對任何事都喜歡大題小做。他們總是開口必言所謂大事，時時煞有介事，事事爭議不休或弄得神秘莫測。如果可以避免，對麻煩的事情千萬不要太過認真。把應(yīng)拋擲腦后的事放在心上就十分愚蠢。許多事情看似重大，其實順其自然就會變得無足輕重。區(qū)區(qū)小事如果小題大做，后果就會很嚴(yán)重。問題剛出現(xiàn)容易擺脫，若拖拉就難說了。藥物本身往往會引起疾病。順其自然是人生一大要則。


121．Do not make a business of what is no business
　Do not make a business of what is no business. As some make gossip out of everything, so others business. They always talk big, take everything in earnest, and turn it into a dispute or a secret. Troublesome things must not be taken too seriously if they can be avoided. It is preposterous to take to heart that which you should throw over your shoulders. Much that would be something has become nothing by being left alone, and what was nothing has become of consequence by being made much of. At the outset things can be easily settled, but not afterwards. Often the remedy causes the disease. It is by no means the least of life's rules: to let things alone.