It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.

几乎到处都是这样的情况:在它诞生后不久，人类智慧的大部分就被储存在仓库里。

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

令人惊讶的是，“美即是善”的错觉是如此彻底。

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

令人惊讶的是，人类的智慧是如此之少，而这些智慧却属于人类自己。

It is beautiful to express love and even more beautiful to feel it.

表达爱是美好的，感受爱更美好。

It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them.

谈论美好的事物是美好的，静静地凝视它们更美好。

It is better to listen to a crow that lives in trees than to a learned man who lives only in ideas.

宁可听住在树上的乌鸦，也不听只活在思想中的学者。

It is born in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching the goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach.

人生的悲剧不在于没有达到目标，这是与生俱来的。人生的悲剧就在于没有目标。

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

不做绝望的事是智慧的特征。

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

经验能买来昂贵的智慧。

It is dangerous to understand new things too quickly.

过快地理解新事物是危险的。

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

为别人做聪明人比为自己做聪明人容易。

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

找到足够聪明的人去发现真理，要比找到足够勇敢的人去面对反对，去捍卫真理容易得多。

It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

压抑最初的欲望比满足随之而来的欲望要容易得多。

It is from listening to old men that you learn wisdom.

只有从听老人的话中，你才能学到智慧。

It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.

老年人学习智慧，也是有益的。