Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

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

自负比机智更能引起交谈。

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There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

在日常交谈中,有两件事是普通人不喜欢的——信息和风趣。

Not a sentence or a word is independent of the circumstances under which it is uttered.

没有一句话或一个词是独立于它所处的环境而存在的。

You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.

你不能把两个笨蛋变成一个聪明人。

Like trying to put a comb upon the nun's head.

就像给修女头上戴梳子一样。