A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
愚蠢
Stupid
Have I said dumb things? Absolutely, who hasn't? But I have never backed away from being called out on something I did or said wrong.
我说过蠢话吗?绝对,谁没有呢?但当我做错了什么或说错了什么话时,我从来没有退缩过。
What childishness is it that while there’s breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see the sun the other way round?
当我们的身体里有了生命的气息,我们却决心冲到另一个方向去看太阳,这是多么幼稚啊!
A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation.
科学是任何一门学科,在这门学科中,这一代的傻瓜能够超越上一代天才所达到的境界。
I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.
我讨厌骄傲,但如果我要为任何事情感到骄傲,那一定是我自己做的。种族自豪感是一种愚蠢。
People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it-ignorance is when you choose not to understand something.
人们的无知真让我生气。愚蠢是当你无法控制自己的时候——无知是当你选择不去理解一些事情的时候。
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
每个人都是天才。但是如果你根据一条鱼爬树的能力来判断它,它会认为自己一生都是愚蠢的。
When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a joke.
当事情变得如此荒谬,如此愚蠢,如此荒谬,以至于你无法忍受时,你就会忍不住把一切都变成一个笑话。
People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.
小口径的人总是吹毛求疵。他们一心想要显示自己的优势、知识、能力或良好的教养。
There are no things man was not meant to know. There are, perhaps, things man is too dumb to figure out, but that's a different problem.
没有什么事情是人类不应该知道的。也许,有些事情人类笨到无法理解,但那是另一个问题。
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.
人的愚蠢来自于对每件事都有答案。小说的智慧来自于对每件事都有疑问。
It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane.
如果你遇到一个自称不相信进化论的人,你绝对可以说他无知、愚蠢或疯狂。
The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
傻瓜的错误是人人皆知的,但他自己却不知道。聪明人的错误自己知道,但世人不知道。
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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。
If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you, and you will never learn.
如果你隐藏自己的无知,没有人会打你,你永远也学不会。
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。
True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity.
真正的受欢迎来自善意的行为,而不是愚蠢的行为。
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。
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。