Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

-- Zhuangzi 庄子

大知闲闲，小知间间。大言炎炎，小言詹詹。

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Because the issues debated at the convention were very contentious and very divisive, it's easy to imagine that people of lesser stature could have foundered, that the whole enterprise might have died

因为在大会上辩论的问题是非常有争议和分裂的，很容易想象地位较低的人可能会失败，整个企业可能已经死亡

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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.

无论绅士是否有能力，他都同样受到人们的爱戴;反之，心胸狭窄的人同样令人厌恶。

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I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

我听腻了这里的一百万美元，那里的一百万美元，太琐碎了。

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