A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
愚蠢
Folly
A fool talks most when he has the least to say.
蠢人话不多,说得最多。
Fools give parties, sensible people go to them.
傻瓜开派对,聪明人去参加。
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
一个人想要变得聪明是非常愚蠢的。
He who treats himself has a fool for a patient.
自视甚高的人,也会愚弄病人。
Those who realize their folly are not true fools.
认识到自己愚蠢的人不是真正的傻瓜。
Folly hath eagle's wings, but the eyes of an owl.
愚昧长着鹰的翅膀,却有猫头鹰的眼睛。
Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.
人类的愚蠢并不妨碍星星的转动。
Enjoy your little while the fool is seeking for more.
趁愚昧人多求的时候,享受你的一点。
Even if a fool remains silent, he is considered wise.
即使傻瓜保持沉默,他也被认为是聪明的。
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
生活中没有愚蠢的人并不像他认为的那样聪明。
Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.
人的智慧是他最好的朋友;愚蠢是他最大的敌人。
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
想成为唯一明智的人是愚蠢至极的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
真正的智慧与其说是自以为是,不如说是愚蠢。智慧人屡次疑惑,就改变心意。愚妄人固执,不疑惑。除了自己的无知,他什么都知道。
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
只要有可能,所有的人都声称自己是诚实的。相信所有人都诚实是愚蠢的。相信没有这样的人更糟糕。
A fool is happier thinking weel o' himself than a wise man is of others thinking weel o' him.
蠢人想到自己幸福,比智者想到别人想到自己幸福更幸福。
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
在愚蠢的徒劳笑声中,智慧听到了一半的掌声。
If a man has folly in his sleeve, it will be sure to peep out.
如果一个人的袖子里藏着愚蠢,它一定会露出来的。
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
生活中总会有一些意外,需要一点愚蠢来帮助我们走出困境。