A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
愚蠢
Foolish
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
聪明人从愚蠢的问题中学到的东西比傻瓜从聪明的答案中学到的东西还多。
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
人喜爱愚昧人，是因他们的愚昧;喜爱智慧人，是因他们的智慧。
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
为死去的人哀悼是愚蠢和错误的。相反，我们应该感谢上帝，这样的人还活着。
If death causes you no pain when you're dead, it's foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain now.
如果死亡在你死后没有给你带来痛苦，那么现在让对死亡的恐惧给你带来痛苦是愚蠢的。
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
教育,n。诗歌向智慧人显明自己无知的，向愚昧人隐藏自己无知的。
I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
我不喜欢愚蠢的想法，但我很快就明白了失败和愚蠢是至关重要的。
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
愚蠢的一致性是小人物的妖怪，为小政治家、哲学家和神祗所崇拜。
There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
没有一种信仰，无论多么愚蠢，不会聚集其忠实的追随者，他们会誓死捍卫它。
How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
你怎么知道古代是愚蠢的?你怎么知道现在是明智的呢?是谁让它如此愚蠢?谁使它明智?
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
假装自己已完全从失望的激情中恢复过来是愚蠢的。这样的伤口总会留下疤痕。
Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction.
即使在我们看来是最荒谬和最愚蠢的几个世纪里，对美的永恒的欲望总是能得到满足。
Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
年老时的忠告是愚蠢的;因为，有什么比我们越接近旅程的终点，就为道路增加给养更荒唐的事呢?
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked.
因为我们从一个人所持的某种学说的性质，或者从其他与他持有同样学说的人的行为中，推断出他将会犯罪，而惩罚他，这就是迫害，在任何情况下，都是愚蠢和邪恶的。
Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.
金钱和名望使我相信我有资格。我错了，而且很愚蠢。
God will forgive me the foolish remarks I have made about Him just as I will forgive my opponents the foolish things they have written about me, even though they are spiritually as inferior to me as I to thee, O God!
神必饶恕我对他所说的愚妄话，正如我也必饶恕我的对头，就是他们向我所写的愚妄话。虽然他们在灵性上不如我，正如我在灵性上不如你一样。
We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.
在我们明白我们所做的许多事情是非常愚蠢之前，我们是不会变得更聪明的。
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.
语言不能很好地表达思想。它们总是在表达出来之后立刻变得有些不同，有些扭曲，有些愚蠢。
There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few...
在这门课上不会有愚蠢的挥舞魔杖或愚蠢的咒语。因此，我不期望你们很多人能欣赏到制作魔药这种微妙的科学和精确的艺术。然而，对于那些选择少数…