One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

  • -- Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒

明智的人首先要做的事情之一,就是知道自己什么时候被打败了,然后立即停止战斗。

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Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

心胸狭窄、缺乏想象力的小个子男人过着循规蹈矩的生活,沾沾自喜地抵制一切可能会扰乱他们的小天地的变化。

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

艺术是如此博大,人类的智慧是如此狭隘。