The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.

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

聪明的主要作用是知道如何评价事物的价值。

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That's the rub about 'Community' - for all the high-concept cleverness, it really comes down to vulgar humanism, the dumbest kind of sentimental identification. We watch it because we like these people and we miss them when they don't show up. They become part of the stories we tell ourselves.

这就是“社区”的问题所在——尽管有着高概念的聪明才智,但归根结底还是粗俗的人文主义,一种最愚蠢的情感认同。我们看它是因为我们喜欢这些人,当他们不出现时,我们会想念他们。它们成为我们告诉自己的故事的一部分。

Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.

不要停留在智慧贫瘠的高处,要下到愚昧的绿色山谷。

I've had a lot of people tell me they wish I were their principal.

很多人告诉我,他们希望我是他们的校长。

I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

我一直支持措施和原则,而不是人。