A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
无知
Ignorance
Ignorance is subject to a vicious cycle in which one shies away from learning for fear of revealing his ignorance and so confirms himself in his ignorance even m more.
一个人由于害怕暴露自己的无知而羞于学习,从而更加坚定了自己的无知。
There are two types of sheltered existences, one good, the other, bad. The first is being sheltered from the rain; the second, from a knowledge of the rain’s existence.
有两种受庇护的存在,一种是好的,另一种是坏的。第一个是避雨;第二,源于对雨的存在的认识。
I seem to have been like a child playing on the seashore, finding new and then a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.
我好像是一个在海边玩耍的孩子,发现了一个比平常更美丽的新贝壳,而真理的大海却在我面前未被发现。
What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.
我喜欢伦敦东区的原因是这里有巨大的毅力、决心和勇气。我不喜欢的是,有时人们会庆祝无知。
In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace; but the first wonder is the offspring of ignorance, the last is the parent of adoration
一切哲学都是在惊奇中开始的,在惊奇中结束,赞美充满了空间;但第一个奇迹是无知的产物,最后一个奇迹是崇拜之母
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。
Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the distinctive powers of womanhood after the child-bearing age.
在人类无知的所有浪费中,也许对人类成长最奢侈和最昂贵的是对育龄以后妇女独特能力的浪费。
Space is as infinite as we can imagine, and expanding this perspective is what adjusts humankinds focus on conquering our true enemies, the formidable foes: ignorance and limitation.
我们所能想象的空间是无限的,而扩展这一视角正是调整人类专注于征服我们真正的敌人,强大的敌人:无知和局限。
Scientific men can hardly escape the charge of ignorance with regard to the precise effect of the impact of modern science upon the mode of living of the people and upon their civilisation.
关于现代科学对人们的生活方式及其文明的影响的确切影响,科学家们很难逃脱无知的指责。
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
说没有人会吹嘘自己对文学的无知几乎已经成了陈词滥调,但吹嘘自己对科学的无知、自豪地宣称自己在数学方面的无能是可以被社会接受的。
Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a physical theory, a scientist would certainly be expected to give precise information?
然而,在经济学中,我们为什么要以不了解某些事实为借口,而在物理理论中,科学家肯定会根据这些事实提供准确的信息?
We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.
我们嘲笑那些为了得到果实而砍倒树木的野蛮人的无知;但同样的错误是由每一个人谁是过度渴望和不耐烦的追求快乐。
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A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.
纨绔子弟就是那些傻瓜认为自己是有价值的人。
If you think education is expensive try ignorance.
如果你觉得教育的代价太高,就试试无知的代价。
Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.
永远不要让你的坚持和激情变成固执和无知。
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
这个世界上的邪恶几乎总是来自无知,如果他们缺乏理解,善意和恶意可能造成同样多的伤害。
Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.
不是无知,而是对无知的无知是知识的死亡。