january28

Simply being praised is of no

substantial help at all: it does not

increase people’s good fortune, not does

it make them live any longer. If

temporary pleasure is all you want

you might as well take the drugs. Yet many

people invest much money and even

deceive their friends so as to win status.

This is quite stupid. Their status and

fame do not really help much in this life

and do nothing for future lives.

There is no point in being happy

if we are famous, or unhappy

because people speak ill of us.

被讚美沒有任何實際的幫助:

既不增加人的好運, 也不讓人長壽.

如果你只想追求短暫的快樂

你當然可以用這種麻醉藥.

也仍有許多人投入大量的財富

甚至欺瞞友人來換得身份地位.

這是愚蠢的.

地位與名聲對這輩子沒有太大幫助,

對來生更沒有任何用途.

名望不是讓我們快樂的重點,

有人說壞話也無法讓我們不悅.