《智慧书·第三辑·一〇一至一五〇》第34则
Double your Resources. You thereby double your life. One must not depend on one thing or trust to only one resource, however pre-eminent. Everything should be kept double, especially the causes of success, of favour, or of esteem. The moon's mutability transcends everything and gives a limit to all existence, especially of things dependent on human will, the most brittle of all things. To guard against this inconstancy should be the sage's care, and for this the chief rule of life is to keep a double store of good and useful qualities. Thus as Nature gives us in duplicate the most important of our limbs and those most exposed to risk, so Art should deal with the qualities on which we depend for success.
注释摘要
加倍你的依托。这是整则格言，也就是标题“Double your Resources”与正文之间，那句被省略了的完整判断。葛拉西安在这里说的，不是简单的物质财富翻番，而是要求你把生命所依托的根本全部做成双份：“你以此将你的生命也翻了一倍。”一个十七世纪耶稣会士说出这种话，意味着他压根不相信有任何单一的依托能承受命运的反复碾压。 一个人不可只依赖一件事，也不可…