第13章幸福之道（1）
&oHappiness
佚名Anonymous
Itisaongmoraliststhatyouotgethappinessbypursuingit。Thisisonlytrueifyoupursueitunwisely。GamblersatMonteCarlmoney，andmostofthemloseitihereareotherursuingmoney，whisucceed。Soisitiness。Ifyoupursueitbymeansofdrink，ythehangover。Epicuruspursueditbylivingonlyinialsodeatingonlydrybread，supplementedbyalittlefeastdays。Hismethodprovedsuchiscase，buthewasavaletudinarian，andmostpeoplewouldhingmorous。Formostpeople，thepursuitofhappiness，unlesssupplementedinvariousways，istooabstradtheoreticaltobeadequateasapersonalruleoflife。ButIthinkthatersonalruleoflifeyoumaychooseitshouldinrareandheroiccases，beinpatibleiness。
Thereareagreatmanypeoplewhohaveallthematerialsofhappihandasuffie，aheless，areprofoundlyunhappy。Insuchcasesitwouldseemasifthefaultmustliewithawroohowtolive。Inonesense，wemaysaythataohowtoliveiswrong。Weimagineourselvesmoredifferentfromtheanimalsthanweare。Animalsliveonimpulse，andarehappyasloernalsarefavorable。Ifyouhaveacatitwillehasfoodandortunitiesforanoalnightoiles。Yourneedsaremoreplexthanthoseofyourcat，buttheystillhavetheirbasisininstincivilizedsocieties，espeEnglish-speakihisistooapttotten。Peopleproposetothemselvessomeoneparamouive，arainallimpulsesthatdonotmi。Abusinessmanmaybesoanxioustogrowrichthattothisendhesacrificeshealthaiohehasbeeriopleasureremainstohimexceptharryingotherpeoplebyexhortationstoimitatehisnobleexample。Manyrichladies，althoughehanyspontaneouspleasureiureorart，decidetobethoughtcultured，andspendbhtherightthingtosayaboutfashiohatarewritte，nottoaffordopportunitiesfordustysnobbism。