He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

  • -- Portrait of James Boswell 詹姆斯·博斯韦尔画像

挑起智慧之鞭的人,不能抱怨自己因此而受到伤害。

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Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.

虽然有些人说,女人天生就没有能力谨慎行事,或者她们一定要干傻事,但我决不允许这种说法。

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

智慧不足,判断不足;压舱物不足,航行有余。