108．与人同行是成为伟人的捷径_智慧书（中英双语）

<h1>108．与人同行是成为伟人的捷径</h1>

与人同行是成为伟人的捷径。交流大有好处：人们可以分享彼此的风格与品味，在不知不觉间，我们的判断力甚至才干都有所增长。让毛躁之人与优柔寡断之人交往，同样，其他气质之人亦应如此。这样，无需苦心费力便能实现中庸。与人调和是一大艺术。相生相反，世界因之美丽，并不停地运转——这种对立既可让物质世界和谐，更能让精神世界融洽。以此原则选择朋友或雇佣仆人，可通融两个极端，找到更有效的中庸之道。

<h1>108．The path to greatness is along with others</h1>

The path to greatness is along with others. Intercourse works well: manners and taste are shared, good sense and even talent grow insensibly. Let the impatient man then make arade of the sluggish, and so with the other temperaments, so that without any forcing the golden mean is obtained. It is a great art to agree with others. The alternation of contraries beautifies and sustains the world: if it can cause harmony in the physical world, still more can it do so in the moral. Adopt this policy in the choice of friends and defendants; by joining extremes the more effective middle way is found.