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双语美文：网上最火的15条生活智慧The great benefit of living with, working for, or being related to people who have experienced more of life than you have is picking their brain for advice.和比你有生活经验的人一起生活、或为之工作、或和他们有联系的最大的益处莫过于可以从他们那里得到建议。The most effective people learn from their own mistakes, and make a significant effort to learn from other peoples errors as well.效率高的人会从自己的错误中学习，并努力从别人的错误中学习。A recent Quora thread asked users for the best advice theyve ever gotten. Here are a few of the greatest excerpts, lightly edited for clarity:最近Quora上有一个帖子，问用户得到的最好的建议是什么。其中最好的几条摘录如下，为了清楚起见稍微做了些编辑：1. Never say but.不要说“但是”。A very smart woman I worked with once told me that if I eliminated the word but from my professional vocabulary, Id find greater acceptance for my ideas, and greater cooperation from my team members... The word but negates everything that precedes it, and you cast a negative spin on anything you say when you use it... But is exclusive and isolating; and is inclusive and welcoming. —Quora user Marsha Browne“和我一起工作的一位非常聪明的女士曾经告诉我，如果我把’但是’这个词从我的工作用语中去掉，那我的想法被别人接受的概率会更高，我的团队成员间的合作程度也会更好……‘但是’这个词把它之前的内容都否定了，当你用它的时候，你说的话都蒙上了消极的色彩……“但是”是排外的和孤立的；“并且”是包容的、受欢迎的。”——Quora用户布朗2. You never get anything unless you ask.除非你去争取，否则你什么也得不到。It was a professor in my university, but I believe its origin is from somebody famous: If you dont ask, the answer is always no. —Quora user Joe Yasman“这句话是从我大学的一个教授那儿听到的，但我觉得这句话是源自一句名言：如果你不去问，那么答案永远是‘不’。”—Quora的用户乔伊3. Think before you complain.抱怨之前先思考。Dont complain. I think it was phrased as something like, Do you ever listen to someone complaining and think, This is a great conversation!? Being negative doesnt help others, and it doesnt help you. —Quora user Steve Carnagua“不要抱怨。换句话说，“你有没有听别人抱怨，然后想，恩，这次的谈话可真棒！？’消极并不会帮助他人，也不会对你有帮助。”——Quora的用户史蒂夫4. Time is the one thing you never get back.时间这个东西，你永远不会重新得到。A mentor I had some years ago told me that time is the one thing that you can never get back. If you look at it as an asset, you can donate it, spend it, or