145．藏好你受伤的手指

藏好你受伤的手指，以免它到处碰伤；也不要抱怨它，恶人总是瞄准你易伤的弱处。恼怒没有任何作用——成为他人的话柄只会让你更加愤怒。他人的恶意总是在寻找你的痛处，刺激它，放飞镖试探你的脾气，想方设法刺痛你伤口的嫩肉。聪明人从不说自己受了打击，也不说任何个人或家族的不幸。有时，命运也喜欢伤害我们身上的软肋，它总是挤压我们皮开肉绽之处。因此，那些让我们痛苦或快乐的东西，你都应深藏不露——如果你喜欢前者再也不出现，后者持续下去。

145．Do not show your wounded finger

Do not show your wounded finger, for everything will knock up against it; nor complain about it, for malice always aims where weakness can be injured. It is no use to be vexed: being the butt of the talk will only vex you the more. Ill-will searches for wounds to irritate, aims darts to try the temper, and tries a thousand ways to sting to the quick. The wise never own to being hit, or disclose any evil, whether personal or hereditary. For even Fate sometimes likes to wound us where we are most tender. It always mortifies wounded flesh. Never therefore disclose the source of mortification or of joy, if you wish the one to cease, the other to endure.