Theories of choice ignore most of what we know about humans. They ignore the fact that humans are often confused, that they often do not know what they want, that they often act out of habit or impulse rather than calculated self-interest.
选择理论忽略了我们对人类的大部分了解。它们忽略了人类常常感到困惑,常常不知道自己想要什么,常常出于习惯或冲动而非经过计算的自身利益行事。
译文:奢侈无度可以让家业衰败,过于吝啬也可以让家业衰败;过于愚笨可以坏事,精明过于也可以坏事。赏析:挥霍无度,浪费钱财,过分追求物质享受,再多的家产也可以被败光,而过分吝啬,不懂得散财,不懂得让金钱为我所用,再多的家产都无法产生价值。只会赚钱,不会用钱,金钱将失去意义;只会用钱,不会赚钱,金钱无处可来。人如果愚钝不开,就不会明白世间的道理,做事毫无章法,自然难以成事;而人过于精明,不懂得收敛锋芒,处处要占上风,处处算计别人,做事也难以成功。
Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.
释义:怠慢他所尊敬的人会招致凶祸,表面上关系密切而内心疏远的人会陷入孤立,亲近进谗言的人而疏远忠诚正直的人会导致灭亡。这是对人际关系中不良行为后果的警示。