培根散文随笔集第55章：Of Honour & Reputation 论荣誉与名声
荣誉之获得不过是个人之美德和价值未遭毁损而得以昭然。如果一个人在着手行事时不善珍惜自己的名声，那失败对他名誉的毁损将远远多于成功为他们带来的荣誉。嫉妒是荣誉的大敌，所以必须消除他人对自己的嫉妒之心。方法是表明自己所追求的是功绩而非名望，并把自己的成就归功于上帝和命运，而非归因于自己的聪明才智。体会：严以律已，宽以待人。谦虚使人进步，骄傲使人落后。功劳是大家的，错误则要勇于自己来承担。
of honour & reputation 论荣誉与名声
the winning of honour is but the revealing of a man's virtue and worth, without disadvantage. for some in their actions do woo and affect honour and reputation.
which sort of men are commonly much talked of, but inwardly little admired. and some, contrariwise, darken their virtue, in the show of it； so as they be undervalued in opinion. if a man perform that which hath not been attempted before； or attempted and given over, or ham been achieved, but not with so good circumstance； he shall purchase more honour, than by effecting a matter of greater difficulty, or virtue, wherein he is but a follower. if a man so temper his actions, as in some one of them he doth content every faction, or combination of people, the music will be the fuller.
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