1. One of the most special weaknesses of human nature is: caring about how others see you.
2. You must keep any private matters of yours as secrets. Don't tell your acquaintances anything that they can't see with their own eyes.
3. We can compare wealth to sea water. The more we drink, the thirstier we become, and so will our reputation.
4. Leisure is the essence of life. Apart from this, a person's entire life is just hard work and labor.
5. A person’s interest in interacting with others is directly proportional to his mediocrity of intelligence and poverty of thought. In this world, people either choose to be alone or to be vulgar, and there are no other choices.
6. Ordinary people are similar to children in this respect: if we pamper them, they will become naughty and naughty. Therefore, we cannot be too accommodating and submissive to anyone. Generally speaking, if we refuse to lend money to a friend, we will not lose this friend; but if we lend money to him, we will easily lose him.
7. Friends say they are sincere, but in fact, enemies are sincere. Therefore, we should take the criticism and accusations of our enemies as bitter medicine to learn more about ourselves.
8. Reconnecting with friends who have severed ties is one of the weaknesses of human beings. Because if there is a chance, the other person will do the same thing to you, and then we will reap the consequences. This is the reason why we cut off contact with him in the first place. Moreover, because he knows privately that you must rely on him, he will make it even worse.
9. Don’t speak in an emphatic tone. This ancient and worldly teaching is intended to allow others to use their own understanding to discover the meaning of our words, because ordinary people's understanding is slow, and we have finished speaking before they understand the meaning of our words. But if we speak in an emphatic tone, we are appealing to other people's feelings, which can lead to the opposite result.
10. We should keep in mind the ephemeral nature of things, and we must immediately and clearly imagine the opposite of anything that is happening. Therefore, when we are wealthy, we see abjection and misfortune, from friendship we see antagonism, from the wind and sunshine we see lightning and thunder, from love we see hatred, from trust and honesty we see betrayal and regret, etc., and vice versa. .
11. If a young person has an insight into people's affairs very early and is good at dealing with and dealing with people; therefore, when entering social interpersonal relationships, he is able to handle them with ease, then, from an intellectual and moral perspective, this But it is a bad sign that this person is mediocre. But if in similar interpersonal relationships, a young man shows surprise, confusion, clumsiness, and reversed behavior, it indicates that he has nobler qualities.
12. Life is like a chess game. We have planned a set of moves, but the conditions for implementing this plan are determined by the players in the chess game - that is, the luck in life - determined by the will.
13. In general and mediocre social gatherings, people absolutely hate thoughtful conversations. Therefore, to please others in such social situations, it is absolutely necessary to make yourself mediocre and narrow. Therefore, in order to achieve the purpose of being like and compatible with others, we can only reject most of ourselves.
14. Vanity is most obvious among the French, and it usually evolves into outrageous ambition, ridiculous national vanity and shameless boasting. The French became the laughing stock of other nations and earned the nickname "The Great Nation."
15. When interacting with most people, if our attitude shows a little contempt from time to time, it will not cause any harm; others will cherish our friendship more, "No He who respects others will be respected by others” – this is a wonderful Italian proverb. Think about it: even a dog can’t stand being treated too well, let alone people!
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18. A happy mood is the flower that grows from a healthy body. Remember: Be healthy!
19. Most of the time we trust and reveal secrets to others is because of our laziness, selfishness and vanity.
20. A certain degree of shyness and fear is necessary for our survival in this world. Cowardice is just fear that exceeds the limit.
21. We should not be angry at others' distrust, because this distrust includes respect for honesty.
22. Once every social gathering becomes crowded, mediocrity will dominate.
23. If we suspect that a person is lying, we should pretend to believe what he says; because then he will become bold and bold, and will be more confident in telling lies and finally expose himself. . But if we find that his words reveal part of the truth that he actually wanted to hide, then we should feign disbelief. Stimulated by such resistance, he will mobilize other truths to meet the challenge.
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24. For many people, our smartest idea is: "I am not going to change them, I want to use them."
25. Polite words and deeds Just like counterfeit money, being stingy and stingy when using counterfeit money is unwise, while giving generously is smart.
26. Don’t let our imagination turn the injustice, insult, contempt, loss, etc. we have suffered into vivid images, because this will stimulate our dormant anger, resentment and other hatred mood.
27. A person's enthusiasm for interacting with others is directly proportional to his mediocrity of intelligence and poverty of thought.
28. Character is absolutely impossible to correct, because all human actions are based on an inner principle. According to this inherent principle, under similar circumstances, a person can only do the same thing forever. (Get up wherever you fall. This is bullshit. In my fifty years of life experience, I have seen that wherever you fall, you will continue to fall.)
29, don’t love Don't hate contains half of all worldly wisdom; don't speak and don't believe is the other half.