雙語智慧書·不要多管閑事

284．不要多管閑事
　　不要多管閑事。這樣你才不受人怠慢。欲得人尊重，需先自重。出場寧可少，不要多。這樣，別人才會需要你，從而接受你。只去別人邀請你去的地方，不要不請自來。如果主動擔責，失敗則自取其辱，事成也無人感激。多管閑事之人總是成為責備的對象。他不覺羞恥地進入，也會被羞辱地趕出來。


284．Do not be importunate
　Do not be importunate, and so you will not be slighted. Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. Be sooner sparing than lavish with your presence. You will thus become desired and so well received. Never come unasked and only go when sent for. If you undertake a thing of your own accord you get all the blame if it fails, none of the thanks if it succeeds. The importunate is always the butt of blame; and because he thrusts himself in without shame he is thrust out with it.