It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

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

能够隐藏自己的聪明是一种伟大的聪明行为。

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We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it.

我们对自己隐瞒是徒劳的——我们必须永远爱一些东西。在那些似乎与爱无关的事情中,那种感觉是可以偷偷地找到的,没有它,人不可能有片刻的生命。

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.

坦率和明确——当你想隐藏自己的想法,混淆别人的想法时,这是正确的做法。

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。

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

聪明的主要作用是知道如何评价事物的价值。