Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows.

  • -- James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce 詹姆斯·布莱斯,第一子爵

一个人犯的错误有四分之三是因为他并不真正知道他自以为知道的东西。

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Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.

人是例外,不管他是什么。他若不是神的形像,便是尘垢的病。如果神的存在不是真的坠落了,那么我们只能说其中的一只动物完全从它的头上掉了下来。

You can create impression on yourself by being yourself by being right, he realizes, but for creating a good impression on others there’s nothing to beat being totally and catastrophically wrong.

他意识到,你可以通过做正确的自己来给自己留下印象,但要给别人留下好印象,没有什么比完全错误和灾难性错误更糟糕的了。

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth.

让一个人知道他犯了错误是一回事,让他掌握真理是另一回事。

Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.

支持你的男人。给他两只手让他抱住,给他一些温暖的东西。