雙語智慧書·高瞻遠矚
151．高瞻遠矚
高瞻遠矚。今日要考慮明日的事，甚至要考慮日后許多天的事。高瞻遠矚是在麻煩到來之時早作決斷。富有遠見可避免厄運，小心謹慎可以避險。不要等深陷泥潭才想起運用智慧，深思熟慮能幫我們克服最大的困難。枕頭是個無聲的女巫，早作打算、高枕無憂，比事到臨頭輾轉難眠要好。有些人先行動，后思考，他們考慮得多的是行動的借口，而非行動的結果；還有的人無論在事前還是事后，從不思考。人生就是一個不斷思考如何避免偏離正路的過程，深思熟慮和先見之明讓人得以確定正確的人生道路。
151．Think beforehand
Think beforehand. Today for tomorrow, and even for many days hence. The greatest foresight consists in determining beforehand the time of trouble. For the provident there are no mischances and for the careful no narrow escapes. We must not put off thought till we are up to the chin in mire. Mature reflection can get over the most formidable difficulty. The pillow is a silent Sibyl, and it is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. Many act first and then think afterwards－that is, they think less of consequences than of excuses; others think neither before nor after. The whole of life should be one course of thought how not to miss the right path. Rumination and foresight enable one to determine the line of life.
高瞻遠矚。今日要考慮明日的事，甚至要考慮日后許多天的事。高瞻遠矚是在麻煩到來之時早作決斷。富有遠見可避免厄運，小心謹慎可以避險。不要等深陷泥潭才想起運用智慧，深思熟慮能幫我們克服最大的困難。枕頭是個無聲的女巫，早作打算、高枕無憂，比事到臨頭輾轉難眠要好。有些人先行動，后思考，他們考慮得多的是行動的借口，而非行動的結果；還有的人無論在事前還是事后，從不思考。人生就是一個不斷思考如何避免偏離正路的過程，深思熟慮和先見之明讓人得以確定正確的人生道路。
151．Think beforehand
Think beforehand. Today for tomorrow, and even for many days hence. The greatest foresight consists in determining beforehand the time of trouble. For the provident there are no mischances and for the careful no narrow escapes. We must not put off thought till we are up to the chin in mire. Mature reflection can get over the most formidable difficulty. The pillow is a silent Sibyl, and it is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. Many act first and then think afterwards－that is, they think less of consequences than of excuses; others think neither before nor after. The whole of life should be one course of thought how not to miss the right path. Rumination and foresight enable one to determine the line of life.
