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麻煩。他們有如不羈的野馬,行事極端而不知自救,一旦開蹄犯錯,就瀉至千里,不可復回。老年人呢,他們顧忌太多,議論過長,寧求安穩,不願冒險,總是滿足於平平成績而不向往極至的輝煌。毫無疑問,最好是將兩者特點結合。就現在來說,青年和老年可以互相取長補短。就發展來說,老年人是主事者,而青年可以學習取經。最後就社會來說,老年人以權威之姿指引方向,青年人則能振奮民心、鼓舞士氣。但如果從政治上講,老人的閱歷是珍貴的,那麼,青年人的純真則在人性中熠熠閃光。
Of Youth and Age
Francis Bacon
A man that is young in years; may be old in hours; if he have lost no time。 But that happened rarely。 Generally; youth is like the first cogitations; not so wise as the second。 For there is a youth in thoughts; as well as in ages。
And yet the invention of young men; is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better; and; as it were; more divinely。 Natures that have much heat; and great and violent desires and perturbations; are not ripe for action; till they have passed the meridian of their years; as it was with Julius Caesar and Septimius Severus。。。
Young men are fitter to invent; than to judge; fitter for execution; than for counsel; and fitter for new projects; than for settled business。 For the experience of age; in things that fall within the pass of it; directeth them; but in new things; abuseth them。
The errors of young men; are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men; amount but to this; that more might have been done; or sooner。 Young men; in the conduct and manage of actions; embrace more than they can hold; stir more than they can quiet; fly to the end; without consideration of the means and degrees;pursue some few principles; which they have chanced upon absurdly care not to innovate; which draws unknown inconveniences; use extreme remedies at first; and; that which doubleth all errors; will not acknowledge or retract them; like an unready horse; that will neither stop nor turn。 Men of age object too much; consult too long; adve
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