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麻烦。他们有如不羁的野马,行事极端而不知自救,一旦开蹄犯错,就泻至千里,不可复回。老年人呢,他们顾忌太多,议论过长,宁求安稳,不愿冒险,总是满足于平平成绩而不向往极至的辉煌。毫无疑问,最好是将两者特点结合。就现在来说,青年和老年可以互相取长补短。就发展来说,老年人是主事者,而青年可以学习取经。最后就社会来说,老年人以权威之姿指引方向,青年人则能振奋民心、鼓舞士气。但如果从政治上讲,老人的阅历是珍贵的,那么,青年人的纯真则在人性中熠熠闪光。
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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