The cover, content layout and illustration design of this book are so beautiful that I can’t bear to draw them with a pen. If I had the chance to write a book before I was alive, I would definitely refer to this layout design, haha.... ..The content is also good. It writes more about related topics from a philosophical perspective. It is very beneficial to increase one's wisdom and knowledge. My impression of this great man started with a famous saying: "Knowledge is power." , yes, the author of this book is Francis Bacon.

Reading notes are as follows:

On Truth

1. Always have compassion, rather than arrogance and arrogance

2. On truth: If a person’s mind is driven by compassion, in line with the way of heaven, and revolves around truth, then he is living in heaven on earth

On death

1. In fact, many times, the pain caused by death is much less than the pain suffered by a limb, because the most important organ of the human body is not the most sensitive.

2. The pain of death Decorations scare us more than death itself

3. The end of life should be regarded as a blessing from nature

4. For babies, birth may be the same as death. Pain

5. Death has a benefit, that is, it opens up the beauty of reputation and extinguishes the fire of jealousy. Those who are jealous while alive will be loved by others after death

On Revenge

1. Forgiving people's faults is one's own glory

2. The past is gone and cannot be restored; the present and the future are already busy enough for the wise, those who Those who worry about the past are just wasting their time

On Misfortune

1. The virtue in luck is temperance, and the virtue in misfortune is perseverance

2. A person’s shortcomings can be seen in luck, and a person’s virtues can be discovered in misfortune

On pretending and concealing

1. You can get a lot if you can keep secrets Secret

2. If a person's attitude and behavior are more secretive, it will increase a lot of dignity. And those who talk too much are mostly frivolous and gullible. Those who love to talk about what they know also love to talk about what they don’t know.

3. Developing the habit of keeping secrets is not only wise but also ethical. It is best for a person to let his tongue speak rather than his face, because being seen from his expression is a serious disclosure of his heart. weakness.

4. The best endowment and character are: having a reputation for honesty, having the habit of keeping secrets, knowing how to cover up when appropriate, and having the ability to pretend when there is nothing you can do.

On Parents and Children

1. It is a harmful mistake for parents to be too stingy in spending money for their children, which will make their characters despicable and sleazy. Coming and going, when you have money, you are squandering it.

2. Parents should maintain their authority over their children, but don't just know how to keep their own money bags tight, so as to achieve the best results.

3. People in the world have a bad habit of creating and encouraging competition among brothers in childhood, which often leads to discord in adulthood and disrupts the family.

4. Parents should promptly choose the career they want their children to pursue, because childhood is the most malleable period, and they should not be overly obedient to their children's nature, thinking that they can do best as long as it is something they like. Of course, if your child has special talents, don’t give up.

On marriage and single life

1. A wife is the lover of a young man, the partner of a middle-aged man, and the nurse of an old man

2. It is often seen that A very bad wife, but a very good wife. If they choose a bad husband regardless of the opposition of their friends, then they can only knock out their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs

On Jealousy

1. People who are good at nothing are always jealous of other people’s strengths

2. People who are busy with nothing are usually jealous

3. People who only mind their own business People can't find anything to be jealous of

4. Jealousy always acts cunningly in secret and destroys beautiful things

5. Jealousy is always accompanied by comparison with oneself. There is no jealousy without comparison, so only kings can be jealous of kings

6. The most jealous people are those who are rich and arrogant

7. Love and jealousy It will make people haggard, but other feelings will not, because they are not that lasting

On love

1. Excellent people and great careers exclude this kind of capricious passion

2. If love cannot be reciprocated by the other person, it will be hidden in the other person’s heart. This is an accurate rule.

3. No matter who you are, you will pay too much attention to love. , giving up wealth and wisdom

4. This kind of emotion is prevalent when people are weak, that is, when people are in good luck and in adversity. This further proves that love is the result of stupidity.

5. You have to accept love, but keep it in its proper place and completely separate it from the serious affairs and actions of life. People who do this will handle it best, because once love interferes If you get down to business, it will disrupt people's lives and prevent them from relentlessly pursuing their goals

6. Marriage love makes human beings multiply; the love of friends makes people perfect; but wanton love makes people fall< /p>

On high positions

1. People in high positions need to borrow other people’s opinions to think they are happy; if they judge based on their own feelings, they will not find happiness at all< /p>

2. The dignitaries are very unfamiliar with themselves. When they are busy with official duties, they have no time to pay attention to their own physical and mental health

3. Don’t ignore the mistakes made by your predecessors, and don’t belittle them by belittling them. They promote themselves, but learn from them

4. Learn from ancient times what is best, and learn from contemporary times what is most appropriate

5. Do things with integrity Routines allow people to be mentally prepared. Don't be too arbitrary. When you don't act according to routines, you should explain well

6. Maintain your own authority, but do not provoke disputes about jurisdiction. It is better to exercise de facto rights quietly than to openly denounce them. At the same time, protect the rights of your subordinates and direct from the center rather than doing everything yourself

7. When exercising your duties, welcome and invite others to help and make suggestions, and do not treat those who bring news to you as Let people be turned away as meddlesome, but welcomed with hospitality.

8. Strictness will make people fearful, and rudeness will make people resentful. Even when blaming subordinates, they should be worded solemnly and not sarcastically.

9. As for being easy to accept The influence of intercession is worse than accepting bribes. If he is dragged along by intercession and requests for care, he will never be able to get rid of it.