雙語智慧書·能夠忘記

262．能夠忘記
　　能夠忘記。如果說這需要技巧，不如說要憑運氣。那些最好要忘卻的事往往記得最牢。記憶不但難以駕馭，在我們最需要它的時候，棄我們于危難之中而不顧，而且還十分愚蠢，在我們不需要它的地方，把鼻子伸得很長。它主動親近痛苦的經(jīng)歷，卻不理踩快樂的往事。將疾病忘卻是治療疾病的唯一藥方，而我們忘掉的卻只是這個藥方。盡管如此，我們還要培養(yǎng)良好的記憶習(xí)慣，因為這既能讓我們生活在天堂里，也能讓我們生活在地獄中。那些天真地享受一點點快樂的樂天派卻是例外。


262．Be able to forget
　Be able to forget. It is more a matter of luck than of skill. The things we remember best are those better forgotten. Memory is not only unruly, leaving us in the lurch when most needed, but stupid as well, putting its nose into places where it is not wanted. In painful things it is active, but neglectful in recalling the pleasurable. Very often the only remedy for the ill is to forget it, and all we forget is the remedy Nevertheless one should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno. The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.