雙語智慧書·知道你的幸運星

196．知道你的幸運星
　　知道你的幸運星。沒有幸運星的人最無助。如果一個人很倒霉，說明他還不知道幸運星在哪里。有的人攀龍附鳳而站在高處，卻不知其所以然，只知道好運氣賜予他們優(yōu)厚的條件，他們只需稍稍努力就好。有的人受智者的眷顧。有的人在一個國家也許比在另一國家更容易被接納，有的人在一個城市比在另一城市更受歡迎。資質未變，換個部門或職務也許就會走運。幸運女神總是隨意地洗牌。每個人都要了解自己的運氣，就像了解自己的才干一樣，因為人的成敗得失都有賴于此。追隨你的幸運星，不要搞錯了--哪怕它旁邊的星星雷鳴般大聲召喚你--否則，你將迷失方向，找不著北。


196．Know your ruling star
　Know your ruling star. None is so helpless as not to have one; if he is unlucky, that is because he does not know it. Some stand high in the favour of princes and potentates without knowing why or wherefore, except that good luck itself has granted them favour on easy terms, merely requiring them to aid it with a little exertion. Others find favour with the wise. One man is better received by one nation than by another, or is more welcome in one city than in another. He finds more luck in one office or position than another, and all this though his qualifications are equal or even identical. Luck shuffles the cards how and when she will. Let each man know his luck as well as his talents, for on this depends whether he loses or wins. Follow your guiding star and help it without mistaking any other for it, for that would be to miss the North, though its neighbour (the polestar) calls us to it with a voice of thunder.