A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
愚蠢
Stupid
A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to comprehend his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.
男人喜欢他的妻子聪明到能理解他的聪明,而愚蠢到能欣赏他的聪明。
For though when he was here, he was Fool in every man’s mouth, yet now he is gone he is highly commended of all.
他从前在这里、曾被众人当作愚妄人、现在却去了、众人都称赞他。
The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation.
人类社会的环境太复杂了,不可能用严格的数学计算来解决。
If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is.
如果一个人是哑巴,有人会占他的便宜,那你为什么不呢?如果你不这么做,你就和他一样蠢。
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
除了显赫的祖先,没有什么可夸耀的人,就像土豆——地下最好的部分。
Usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening.
通常,那些胡言乱语的自由主义者的嘴是可爱的,但在战争中,他们本能的愚蠢行为是危及生命的。
Those no-sooner-have-I-touched-the-pillow people are past my comprehension. There is something bovine about them.
我无法理解那些没多久就碰过枕头的人。他们有些迟钝。
Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.
只是愚蠢和政治上的不正确是行不通的。如果你聪明,你可能在政治上不正确。
I had never done TV. I think it's a foolish medium for, most rock 'n roll music. Nobody ever comes off well on TV.
我从未做过电视节目。我认为对于大多数摇滚音乐来说,这是一个愚蠢的媒介。没有人在电视上表现得很好。
The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
一个人一生中最后悔的蠢事是那些他有机会却没有做的事。
Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.
任何说自己在飓风来袭时不害怕的人,要么是个傻瓜,要么是个骗子,或者两者兼而有之。
I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.
我有一个成年人的情感生活和一个内在的编辑系统,它阻止我变得愚蠢可笑。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
If you are not willing to sound stupid then you don't deserve to be in love.
如果你不愿意听起来很傻,那么你不配拥有爱。
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal.
完全的无知并不是那么可怕或极端的邪恶,也远不是最大的邪恶;太多的聪明和学问,再加上不良的教养,是致命得多的。
Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
任何人都可能犯错误,只有傻瓜才坚持错误。
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.
愚妄人若静默,自以为有智慧;若缄默,自以为通达。
No amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.
再多的学习也无法治愈愚蠢,而高等教育却能积极地强化它。
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。