A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
明智
Wise
A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long.
他们说，有点太聪明了，永远活不了多久。
To love and to be wise are two different things.
爱与明智是两码事。
Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
找自己的错，而不是找别人的错。
I may be no better, but at least I am different.
也许我没有变得更好，但至少我是不同的。
Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
也许我并不像自己想象的那么聪明。
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
旅行使聪明人更好，使蠢人更坏。
To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.
用音乐家的话说，我的音乐天赋很好。
Hatred corrodes the vessel in which it is stored.
仇恨腐蚀了储存仇恨的容器。
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
许多人接受忠告，只有聪明人从中获益。
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
明智的人把他的信仰与证据结合起来。
The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.
最大的智慧是认识到自己的不足。
A man who is very busy seldom changes his opinions.
一个很忙的人很少改变他的意见。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A wise man has tolerance for such people. A wise man walks away or finds a means of changing the way they think.
聪明人能容忍这样的人。智者要么走开，要么想办法改变他们的思维方式。
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
聪明人，即使所有的法律都被废除了，仍然过着同样的生活。
We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought
我们不能先想后做。从出生的那一刻起，我们就沉浸在行动之中，只有通过思考才能断断续续地引导行动
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.
作家喜欢猫是因为它们安静、可爱、聪明，而猫喜欢作家也是出于同样的原因。
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
智慧站在道路的转弯处，公开地召唤我们，但我们认为它是虚假的，轻视它的追随者。
The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a wrong one.Nay, it is obvious that when a man runs the wrong way, the more active and swift he is the further he will go astray.
走对路的瘸子胜过走错路的人。不，很明显，当一个人走错路的时候，他越活跃和敏捷，他就越容易误入歧途。