For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.

  • -- Honoré de Balzac 尊敬的巴尔扎克

因为,无论观察到多少激情,它都能带来洞察;它能给傻瓜、傻瓜和白痴带来某种智慧,尤其是在青年时期。

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There was such a difference, he thought, between the beauty that illuminated, and the beauty that was illuminated.

他想,在被照亮的美和被照亮的美之间存在着如此大的差别。

Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.

如果你是激情的对象,那就跳出窗外。如果你感觉到了,就逃离它。激情一去不复返,无聊依旧。

People are surprised to find out that an awful lot of people think that they're idiots.

人们惊讶地发现,很多人认为自己是白痴。

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

首先,上帝创造了傻瓜。那是练习。然后他制作了校董会。

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

我认为孩子们有天赋和洞察力,但是他们却被打败了。

Passion is all very well, but it wouldn't do to spill the tea.

激情固然很好,但不能把茶洒出来。