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A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

  • -- Jean de La Bruyere 布吕耶尔

纨绔子弟就是那些傻瓜认为自己是有价值的人。

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When people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.

当人们认为地球是平的时候，他们错了。当人们认为地球是球形的时候，他们错了。但是，如果你认为认为地球是球形和认为地球是扁平一样错误，那么你的观点就比这两种观点加起来还要错误。

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Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

一些科学家声称，由于氢如此丰富，它是宇宙的基本组成部分。我的争端。我说，比氢更愚蠢的是，氢是宇宙的基本组成部分。

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There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be.

在人类的头脑中有一种骄傲，一种自爱，这种骄傲和自爱很少会被压得如此之低，以至于使男人和女人变得比他们应该的更卑贱。

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By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

通过给我们提供未受教育的人的意见，新闻业使我们与社会的无知保持联系。

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Pride is tasteless, colorless and sizeless. Yet it is the hardest thing to swallow.

骄傲是无味的，无色的，无形的。然而，这是最难吞咽的东西。

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We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

我们不能容忍别人的虚荣心，因为它冒犯了我们自己。

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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

奉承是一种坏钱，我们的虚荣心给了我们钱。

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Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

偏见是无知之子。

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