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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.

  • -- Mary Astell 艾斯泰尔

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。

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True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

真正的智慧与其说是自以为是，不如说是愚蠢。智慧人屡次疑惑，就改变心意。愚妄人固执，不疑惑。除了自己的无知，他什么都知道。

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As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

现在，作为一个父亲，我不会做我父亲做的事情，因为这让我在小时候感到情绪不稳定。但他做这些事不是出于自私或恶意。

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For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.

因为那些智慧成为罪恶之母的人，那些智慧教育他们在所有的事情上都是邪恶的。

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A fool is happier thinking weel o' himself than a wise man is of others thinking weel o' him.

蠢人想到自己幸福，比智者想到别人想到自己幸福更幸福。

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They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

一心扑在琐事上的人，往往做不成大事。

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People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.

人们之所以成为教师，是因为他们在生活中没有能力做任何其他事情。

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Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond.

智慧必被智慧所挫败:以牙还牙。

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