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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

  • -- Quintilian 昆提利亚语

希望在愚人中间显得聪明的人，在聪明人中间显得愚蠢。

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Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

与其把我们的命运与那些比我们幸运的人相比，我们应该把它与我们绝大多数同胞的命运相比。这样看来，我们似乎属于特权阶层。

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O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us. And foolish notion; What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion!

啊，给我们一点力量，让我们像别人看待我们一样看待自己吧!莫尼太太犯了个大错，把我们救了出来。和愚蠢的概念;我们的衣着和步态多么神气，多么虔诚!

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Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

有些人似乎几乎是在创造自己，在各种不利条件下突然冒出来，在千难万险中以他们自己的孤独而不可抗拒的方式工作着。

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We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation.

我们都有义务每五年在董事会上露面，为我们的存在辩护……否则将被清算。

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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?

你怎么知道古代是愚蠢的?你怎么知道现在是明智的呢?是谁让它如此愚蠢?谁使它明智?

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There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time.

几乎没有一个人是如此微不足道，以致于他在某些时候不给人留下深刻印象。

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