If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

如果没有一群愚蠢的人作伴,一个聪明的人往往会不知所措。

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Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.

理智比主人更专横地指挥我们;因为不听从那一位,我们就是不幸的;不听从那一位,我们就是愚昧的。

The gravest fish is an oyster; the gravest bird's an ool; the gravest beast's an ass; and the gravest man's a fool.

最沉的鱼是牡蛎;最严肃的鸟是一只鸟;最沉重的野兽是驴子;再严肃的人也是傻瓜。

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

我是这个世界上唯一一个我想彻底了解的人。