双语智慧书·不要吹毛求疵

109．不要吹毛求疵
　　不要吹毛求疵。有人天性阴郁，认为所有的事情都有问题。这并非他们动机不纯，是其天性使然。他们对谁都加以责备--有时是责其所为，有时是责其即将所为。这是一种比残忍更令人厌恶的天性，真是让人厌烦。他们的指责十分过分，总是鸡蛋里挑骨头，让人无法忍受。他们常把天堂变成地狱--狂怒之时，他们事事走极端。而天性高贵的人则相反，他们总是宽容别人的过失，坚信别人都是出自善意，或者只是一时不慎才做错了事。


109．Be not censorious
　Be not censorious. There are men of gloomy character who regard everything as faulty, not from any evil motive but because it is their nature to. They condemn all: these for what they have done, those for what they will do. This indicates a nature worse than cruel, vile indeed. They accuse with such exaggeration that they make out of motes beams wherewith to force out the eyes. They are always taskmasters who could turn a paradise into a prison; if passion intervenes they drive matters to the extreme. A noble nature, on the contrary, always knows how to find an excuse for failings, if not in the intention, at least from oversight.