A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
傻瓜
Fools
Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
骄傲是愚昧人永不止息的恶。
Fools build house and wise men live in them.
愚人盖房,智者住屋。
Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.
愚蠢的人会冲到现任者不敢涉足的领域。
In shallow holes moles make fools of dragons.
在浅洞里,鼹鼠戏弄龙。
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
智者说谚语,愚者重复。
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。
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。
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。
Pheasants are fools if they invite the hawk to dinner.
如果野鸡邀请老鹰来吃饭,那它们就是傻瓜。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.
理智比主人更专横地指挥我们;因为不听从那一位,我们就是不幸的;不听从那一位,我们就是愚昧的。
Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it.
棒球必须是一项伟大的运动,才能战胜那些愚蠢的管理者。
Lords and fools speak freely.
大人和傻子都能畅所欲言。
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
当傻瓜逃避一套错误时,他们会碰到另一套错误。
There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."
傻瓜有两种:一种说:“这是旧的,所以是好的。”另一个说:“这是新的,所以更好。”
It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies.
没错,我不容忍傻瓜,但他们也不容忍我,所以我很狡猾。也许这就是为什么我很擅长扮演尖锐的老太太。