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Ancient and modern examples of "self-seeking" in high school argumentative essays
1. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Fan Li helped Gou Jian, the King of Yue, realize his hegemony, resolutely gave up his family property, went into business, and finally became a successful entrepreneur. Wen Zi, his close comrade-in-arms, refused to give up, which eventually led to his death.

2. Don't indulge in pillows

Sima Guang, an ancient China writer, used a log as a pillow to wake himself up and continue writing, and named it "Police Pillow". Mayakovski, a famous Russian poet, often used a large piece of firewood as a pillow to prevent himself from sleeping too long. Inventor Edison often stays up late to work. He was really sleepy, so he put the books on the table as pillows.

Don't despise reciting.

Reciting is an important learning method. China has always had the theory of "a man of insight, a man of insight". Liang Qichao explained the 7000-word "Public Security Policy" to the students, and recited it without reading. In order to recite an article, Mr. Lu Xun not only read aloud, but also copied it by hand to deepen his impression.

Life is only three days.

When students on the island of Hawaii in the United States attend classes, they always recite a prayer first: a person's life is only three days: yesterday, today and tomorrow. Yesterday has passed and will never come back. I was with you today, but it passed quickly. Tomorrow will come and die. Come on, life is only three days.

5. Song of Tomorrow and Song of Today

In the Ming Dynasty, Qian Fu wrote a Song of Tomorrow, which read: Tomorrow follows tomorrow, and there are several tomorrows! Waiting for tomorrow, everything will be wasted. The world is tired of tomorrow, and tomorrow will be endless. In the morning, the water flows east, and now it grows in the west. What will tomorrow be like in a hundred years? Please listen to my song tomorrow.

In the Ming Dynasty, Wen Jia wrote another Song of Today, which read: Today is today, and today is so rare! If you don't do it today, when will it happen? Today is a hundred years, and today is not a pity. If we wait until the Ming dynasty, there will be something in the Ming dynasty. Say "Today's Poetry" for you, and try to start today.

Achievement is bought with time.

Sima Qian spent 18 years writing Historical Records. Zuo Si spent 10 years writing Sandu Fu: Li Shizhen spent 30 years writing Compendium of Materia Medica; Copernicus spent 30 years writing about the motion of celestial bodies. Darwin spent 22 years writing the Origin of Species, Milton spent 265,438+0 years writing Paradise Lost, and the great Marx spent 40 years writing Capital.

6. Dripping water wears away the stone

A drop of water on the stone seems insignificant, but it can work miracles many years later. There are many stalactites in the caves in Guilin, which are as long as stone pillars and very spectacular. They are formed by the accumulation of water dripping from rocks for tens of thousands of years.