A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
傻瓜
Fools
People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
那些看不到自己本性，认为自己可以一直不加思索的人是老鼠洞和傻瓜。
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to accept what is true.
被愚弄的方法有两种。一个是相信不真实的东西;二是拒绝接受事实。
A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.
相信所有人的人是傻瓜，不相信任何人的人是傻瓜。如果我们活得足够长，我们都是傻瓜。
The gravest fish is an oyster; the gravest bird's an ool; the gravest beast's an ass; and the gravest man's a fool.
最沉的鱼是牡蛎;最严肃的鸟是一只鸟;最沉重的野兽是驴子;再严肃的人也是傻瓜。
It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
通常是那些准备好愚弄自己的演员才是那些对观众有意义的人。
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。”
To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.
限制媒体就是侮辱一个国家;禁止阅读某些书籍就等于宣布居民不是傻子就是奴隶。
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。
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。
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.
上帝眷顾着这些树木，把它们从干旱、疾病、雪崩、一千次暴风雨和洪水中拯救出来。但他不能把他们从愚人手中救出来。
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
雄辩，名词，口头说服傻瓜相信白色就是它看起来的颜色的艺术。它包括使任何颜色看起来都是白色的礼物。
The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen.
绝大多数人不喜欢甚至实际上害怕所有他们不熟悉的概念。因此，创新者一出现就受到迫害，总是被嘲笑为傻瓜和疯子。
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
问的人傻五分钟，不问的人永远傻。
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。
A gowk at Yule'll no be bright at Beltane.
在圣诞节痛饮一顿，在贝尔坦就不会有好心情了。
Fools give parties, sensible people go to them.
傻瓜开派对，聪明人去参加。
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。
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。