雙語智慧書·知道你比較大的缺點

225．知道你最大的缺點
　　知道你最大的缺點。任何人都有一個缺點與其最大的優(yōu)點相伴，如果任缺點滋長，它就會如暴君一般主宰你。向它開戰(zhàn)吧，讓謹慎做你的盟軍。你首先要做的事就是寫公開檄文，因為邪惡一旦被人了解，很快就會被征服，尤其是當(dāng)受折磨的人如旁觀者一般注視它的時候。要主宰自己，就得了解自己。要讓最大的缺點向你投降，其他的缺點就會望風(fēng)而降。


225．Know your chief fault
　Know your chief fault. There lives none that has not in himself' a counterbalance to his most conspicuous merit: if this be nourished by desire it may grow to be a tyrant. Commence war against it, summoning prudence as your ally, and the first thing to do is the public manifesto, for an evil once known is soon conquered, especially when the one afflicted regards it in the same light as the onlookers. To be master of oneself one should know oneself. If the chief imperfection surrender, the rest will come to an end.