Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase.

  • -- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿

无知是一张白纸,我们可以在上面写字;但错误是一种潦草的错误,我们必须先把它擦掉。

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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.

我从小就想成为一名作家,尽管这似乎不太可能,因为我没有显示出真正的才华。但我坚持了下来,最终找到了自己的那排锄头。对其他作家作品的无知使我不会灰心丧气,我的阅读量也不如一般的公共汽车司机。

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

当对幻觉的需求非常强烈时,大量的智慧可以投入到无知中去。