In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.

  • -- Giacomo Casanova 贾科莫·卡萨诺瓦

事实上,欺骗一个傻瓜在我看来是一种值得一个机智的人去做的事情。

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

正如我赞同一个年轻人身上有一点老人的气质一样,我对一个老人身上有一点年轻人的气质也同样感到高兴。遵守这条规则的人,身体可能会变老,但思想永远不会变老。

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

人的本性就是如此,无论他们如何承认别人比自己更机智、更雄辩或更有学问;然而,他们几乎不会相信有许多人像他们一样聪明。

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.

任何这样仰视的人,都有机会成为值得仰视的人。

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

我们的工作是去爱别人,而不是停下来问他们是否值得。

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

你当晓得自己,不要以为神鉴察。真正研究人类的是人。

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。