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mth_zxy回答:
确实这句话是富兰克林说的。
英文原句是:Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright,利用Google book search,可以搜索到:
A Dictionary of American proverbs 作者:Wolfgang Mieder,Stewart A. Kingsbury,Kelsie B. Harder
其中The used key is always bright 这个英文谚语的来源(该书P575)有:
The used key is always bright. Vars. a) a used key is the brightest. (b) Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. Rec. dist.: U.S. 1st cit.: 1561 Kitt Hath Lost Key in Extra Stationers’ Co., ed. Collier; US 1744 Franklin, PRALmanac. 20c. coll.: ODEP 857, Whiting 243, Stevenson 2411:5.
前一出处a,是一首中世纪名歌。具体见:http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/imev/record.php?recID=1824.8。
后一出处b,即Benjamin Franklin的PRALmanac,后者全名:Poor Richard’s Almanack(有时也作Almanac)。百度百科有词条介绍这本畅销一时的书。此书的英文介绍见:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Richard's_Almanack,Poor Richard是富兰克林的笔名。
回答时间:2012-11-15 10:12:18
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