A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
愚蠢
Stupid
I foolishly thought that if I just 'made it' then everything would be okay. And everything wasn't okay.
我愚蠢地认为,如果我只是“成功了”,那么一切都会好起来的。一切都不太好。
If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?
如果悲观是绝望,乐观就是懦弱和愚蠢。有必要在他们之间做出选择吗?
We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.
我们很难相信别人的想法和我们自己的一样愚蠢,但他们很可能是。
As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.
任何一个走出树林的老道家都会告诉你,头脑简单并不一定意味着愚蠢。
We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every ten minutes.
我们有能力做任何我们想做的傻事,而且我们似乎每十分钟就做一次。
Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
否则我根本不怎么读成人诗歌,因为我不够聪明,而且大多数时候我都不懂。
A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought.
一个“新思想家”,如果仔细研究,仅仅是一个不知道别人怎么想的人。
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
永远不要和愚蠢的人争论,他们会把你拉到和他们一样的水平,然后用经验打败你。
The dullard’s envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.
愚蠢的人对聪明人的嫉妒总是因为怀疑他们会有一个坏的结局而得到缓解。
I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
如果我对自己的行为感到愚蠢,我惩罚自己的次数比任何人都多,而且我很痛苦,真的很痛苦。
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.
试图纠正我们所爱之人天生的弱点,也许是愚蠢最明显的标志。
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
聪明、丑陋的男人有时能赢得女人的芳心,但英俊的傻瓜却让人无法抗拒。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love.
如果你不喜欢别人假装喜欢的东西,不要觉得自己很傻。
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
聪明人和傻子之间只有一根手指的区别。
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
如果愚人坚持他的愚蠢,他就会变得聪明。
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
创造力是愚蠢的突然停止。
Training, Books, Learning is all expensive. Being stupid though is still much more expensive.
培训、书籍和学习都是昂贵的。然而,愚蠢的代价仍然要高得多。