雙語智慧書·令人愉快之事，自己做;令人不快之事，讓他人代勞

187．令人愉快之事，自己做；令人不快之事，讓他人代勞
　　令人愉快之事，自己做；令人不快之事，讓人代勞。前者讓你贏得好感，后者讓你避免憎惡。偉大的人物認為施惠比受惠更令人愉快，這是其慷慨天性帶來的殊榮。他們不會隨意讓別人受苦，因為他們難免由此會因同情或懊悔而受苦。身居高位，只能通過對下屬采用賞與罰來開展工作。那么，若獎賞你就親自送出，而懲罰就讓別人代辦。你要找到一個這樣的人，能讓別人的不滿、厭惡和誹謗都指向他。凡夫俗子的憤怒如瘋狗一般，他們不知道痛從何處來，只知道去咬鞭子，鞭子不是真的罪人，不過無辜代罪而已。


187．Do pleasant things yourself, unpleasant things through others
　Do pleasant things yourself, unpleasant things through others. By the one course you gain goodwill, by the other you avoid hatred. A great man takes more pleasure in doing a favour than in receiving one: it is the privilege of his generous nature. One cannot easily cause pain to another without suffering pain either from sympathy or from remorse. In high place one can only work by means of rewards and punishment, so grant the first yourself, inflict the other through others. Have someone against whom the weapons of discontent, hatred, and slander may be directed. For the rage of the mob is like that of a dog: missing the cause of its pain it turns to bite the whip itself, and though this is not the real culprit, it has to pay the penalty.