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1、OnIdlenessManymoralistshaveremarked,thatPridehasofallhumanvicesthewidestdominion,appearsinthegreatestmultiplicityofforms,andlieshidunderthegreatestvarietyofdisguises;ofdisguises,which,likethemoon'sveilofbrightness,arebothitslustreanditsshade,andbetrayittoothers,thoughtheyhideitfromour
2、selves.ItisnotmyintentiontodegradePridefromthispre-eminence杰出ofmischief危害,yetIknownotwhetherIdlenessmaynotmaintainaverydoubtfulandobstinate顽固的competition.TherearesomethatprofessIdlenessinitsfulldignity,whocallthemselvestheIdle,whoboastthattheydonothing,andthanktheirstarsthattheyhaveno
3、thingtodo;有些人声称懒散高雅之至，自命“懒散之士”，他们以无所事事而自豪，感谢命运之星让他们无事可做；whosleepeverynighttilltheycansleepnolonger,andriseonlysothatexercisemayenablethemtosleepagain;每晚，他们昏睡到无法再睡为止，起床也只是为了再次入眠；whoprolongthereignofdarknessbydoublecurtains,andneverseethesunbuttotellhimhowtheyhatehisbeams;他们挂上双重幕帘以延伸黑暗的
4、主宰；每次见到太阳都会告诫他们对阳光深恶痛绝；Whosewholelaboristovarytheposturesofindulgencetreatingsomeonewithspecialkindness,oftenwhenitisnotagoodthing.,andwhosedaydiffersfromtheirnightbutasacouchorchairdiffersfromabed.他们所做的一切就是变换一下沉昏的姿态；对于他们来说，白天与黑夜的区别只不过相当从沙发或椅子上挪到床上。Thesearethetrueandopenvotaries崇拜者ofI
5、dleness,forwhomsheweavesthegarlandsofpoppies,andintowhosecupshepoursthewatersofoblivion遗忘;这些人是懒散女神真正公开的崇拜者，女神为他们佩戴罂粟花环，在他们的杯子里倾倒忘却之水；whoexistinastateofunruffledstupidity,forgettingandforgotten;他们浑浑噩噩地活着，度日如年，忘却了他人也被他人所遗忘；Whohavelongceasedtolive,andatwholedeaththesurvivorscanonlysay,th
6、attheyhaveceasedtobreathe.他们早就停止了生活，他们死去时，活着的人也只会说他们不再呼吸。ButIdlenesspredominatesinmanyliveswhereitisnotsuspected;然而，懒散主宰了许多人的生活，而不为人所知；forbeingavicewhichterminatesinitself,itmaybeenjoyedwithoutinjurytoothers;这种恶习仅作用于有这种习惯的人自己，而不会伤害他人，andisthereforenotwatchedlikefraud,whichendangerspro
7、perty,orlikePride,whichnaturallyseeksitgratifications满足inanother'sinferiority.因而人们对懒散不像对危及他人财产的诈骗和自然而然地在从他人的自卑中寻求满足的骄傲那样保持警惕。Idlenessisasilentandpeacefulqualitythatneitherraisesenvybyostentationexaggerateddisplay(ofwealth,knowledge,skill,etc)intendedtoimpresspeopleormakethemenvious炫耀,
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