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Thereisatimeineverymanseducationwhenhearrivesattheconvictionthatenvyisignorance;thatimitationissuicide;thathemusttakehimselfforbetter,forworse,ashisportion;thatthoughthewideuniverseisfullofgood,nokernelofnourishingcorncancometohimbutthroughhistoilbestowedonthatplotofgroundwhichisgiventohimtotill.每个人在受教导进程中，总有一天会认识到：妒忌是无知，模拟是自杀。不论好歹，每个人都必需接收属于他的那一份，辽阔的世界里固然充斥了珍馐美味，但是只有从给予他往耕耘的那一片土地里，通过辛苦劳动收获的谷物才富有养分。Trustthyself:everyheartvibratestothatironstring.Accepttheplacethedivineprovidencehasfoundforyou,thesocietyofyourcontemporaries,theconnectionofevents.Greatmenhavealwaysdoneso,andconfidedthemselveschildliketothegeniusoftheirage,betrayingtheirperceptionthattheabsolutelytrustworthywasseatedattheirheart,workingthroughtheirhands,predominatinginalltheirbeing.信任你自己吧：每颗心都随着那弦跳动，接受上苍为你找到的地位同代人组成的社会和世网。巨大的人物总是像孩子似地将自己托付给时期的精力，表露他们所感知到的上帝正在他们内心引起骚动，正假他们之手在运作，并驾驭着他们全部身心。Whosowouldbeamanmustbeanonconformist.Hewhowouldgatherimmortalpalmsmustnotbehinderedbythenameofgoodness,butmustexploreifitbegoodness.Nothingisatlastsacredbuttheintegrityofyourownmind.Absolveyoutoyourself,andyoushallhavethesuffrageoftheworld.IrememberananswerwhichwhenquiteyoungIwaspromptedtomaketoavaluedadviser,whowaswonttoimportunemewiththedearolddoctrinesofthechurch.Onmysaying,WhathaveItodowiththesacrednessoftraditions,ifIlivewhollyfromwithin?myfriendsuggested,Buttheseimpulsesmaybefrombelow,notfromabove.Ireplied,Theydonotseemtometobesuch;butifIamtheDevilschild,IwilllivethenfromtheDevil.Nolawcanbesacredtomebutthatofmynature.Goodandbadarebutnamesveryreadilytransferabletothatorthis;theonlyrightiswhatisaftermyconstitution,theonlywrongwhatisagainstit.任何名副实在的真正的人，都必须是不落俗套的人。任何采集圣地棕搁叶的人，都不应该拘泥于名义上的善，而应当挖掘善之本身。除了我们心灵的真挚之外，其它的一切回根结蒂都不是神圣的。摆脱自己，皈依自我，也就必定得到众人的认可。记得，当我还很小的时候，有位颇受人尊敬的师长。他习惯不厌其烦地向我灌输宗教的古老教条。有一回，我禁不住回了他一句。听到我说，如果我完整靠内心的指导来生活，那么我拿那些神圣的传统干嘛呢；我的这位朋友提出说：“可是，内心的激动可能是低下的，而不是高贵的。”我答复说：“在我看来，却不是如此。不过，倘若我是魔鬼的孩子，那么我就要照魔鬼的指导来生活。”除了本性的法则之外，在我看来，没有任何法则是神圣的。好与坏，只不过是个名声而已，不费吹灰之力，便可以将它从这人身上移到那人身上。唯一准确的，是服从自身构造的事物；唯一过错的，是逆自身构造的事物。WhatImustdoisallthatconcernsme,notwhatthepeoplethink.Thisrule,equallyarduousinactualandinintellectuallife,mayserveforthewholedistinctionbetweengreatnessandmeanness.Itistheharder,becauseyouwillalwaysfindthosewhothinktheyknowwhatisyourdutybetterthanyouknowit.Itiseasyintheworldtoliveaftertheworldsopinion;itiseasyinsolitudetoliveafterourown;butthegreatmanishewhointhemidstofthecrowdkeepswithperfectsweetnesstheindependenceofsolitude.我必须做的是一切与我有关的事，而不是别人想要我做的事。这条法则，在现实生活和精力生涯中都是同样艰难艰苦的，它是巨大与卑贱的全部差别。它将变得更加艰难，假如你总是碰到一些自认为比你自己更理解什么是你的义务的人。依照世人的观念在这世界上生活是件轻易的事；依照你自己的观念，离群索居也不难；但若置身在众人之间，却能尽善尽美地怕然坚持着个人独立性，却只有巨人才干办得到。Fornonconformitytheworldwhipsyouwithitsdispleasure.Itiseasyenoughforafirmmanwhoknowstheworldtobrooktherageofthecultivatedclasses.Theirrageisdecorousandprudent,fortheyaretimidasbeingveryvulnerablethemselves.Butwhentotheirfeminineragetheindignationofthepeopleisadded,whentheignorantandthepoorarearoused,whentheunintelligentbruteforcethatliesatthebottomofsocietyismadetogrowlandmow,itneedsthehabitofmagnanimityandreligiontotreatitgodlikeasatrifleofnoconcernment.众人用不快来鞭笞不落俗套的人对于一位刚强的探谙世事的人来说，容忍有教养的名流们的恼怒不是件难事。他们的恼怒是正直得体，谨严慎重的。由于他们本身就非常轻易招来责难，所以他们胆小怕事。但是，若引起他们那女性特有的恼怒，其愤慨便有所升级；倘若无知和贫穷的人们被教唆，倘若处于社会底层的非理性的蛮横力气被怂勇狂吼发难，那就须要养成宽宏大批和宗教的习惯，像神一样把它当作无关紧要的琐事。Theotherterrorthatscaresusfromself-trustisourconsistency;areverenceforourpastactorword,becausetheeyesofothershavenootherdataforcomputingourorbitthanourpastacts,andweareloathtodisappointthem.另一个使我们不敢自负的胆怯是我们想要随众顺俗。这是我们对自己过往的所作所为的敬畏之情，因为在别人眼里能够藉以评判我们行动轨迹的根据，除了我们的所作所为之外别无他物，而我们又不愿意使他们扫兴。Afoolishconsistencyisthehobgoblinoflittleminds,adoredbylittlestatesmenandphilosophersanddivines.Withconsistencyagreatsoulhassimplynothingtodo.Hemayaswellconcernhimselfwithhisshadowonthewall.Speakwhatyouthinknowinhardwords,andto-morrowspeakswhatto-morrowthinksinhardwordsagain,thoughitcontradictseverythingyousaidto-day.Ah,soyoushallbesuretobemisunderstood.Isitsobad,then,tobemisunderstood?Pythagoraswasmisunderstood,andSocrates,andJesus,andLuther,andCopernicus,andGalileo,andNewton,andeverypureandwisespiritthatevertookflesh.Tobegreatistobemisunderstood.笨拙地保持随众随俗是心胸狭窄的幽灵的表示，是低级的政客，哲学家和神学家们崇敬的物件。伟大的人物基本就不会随众随俗。他也许倒更关怀自己落在墙