A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
傻瓜
Fool
A fool is always beginning.
傻瓜总是第一个动手。
A fool is wise in his eyes.
蠢人自以为聪明。
A fool's head never whitens.
傻瓜的脑袋永远不会变白。
A wise man may learn of a fool.
智者可向愚者学习。
Don't let a sweet text fool you.
不要让甜蜜的短信欺骗你。
All too good is every man's fool.
人人都有傻福。
Fools are free all the world over.
傻瓜在全世界都是自由的。
A fool's heart dances on his lips.
愚人心坦荡,挂在嘴唇上。
No one but a fool is always right.
只有傻瓜才是对的。
The fool knows after he's suffered.
吃亏了才知道。
A fool's speech is a bubble of air.
蠢人的讲话是空话。
A fool may give a wise man counsel.
愚者给智者忠告。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.
不要给猪樱桃,也不要给傻瓜忠告。
He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?
结了婚的是傻瓜,不娶傻瓜的人更伟大;妻子的聪明除了使男人戴上绿帽子外,还有什么用呢?
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.
嘲笑是傻瓜的第一个也是最后一个论据。
Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
永远不要和傻瓜争论,旁观者可能看不出其中的区别。
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.
许多政治家习惯于把它作为一个不言自明的命题,即在人们能够充分利用他们的自由之前,没有人应该是自由的。这句格言就像古老故事里的傻瓜,他决定在学会游泳之前不下水。
You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
你以为我是个傻瓜,其实你比我还傻。