201.看上去愚蠢的人都是笨蛋,看上去聰明的人也有一半是笨蛋
看上去愚蠢的人都是笨蛋,看上去聰明的人也有一半是笨蛋。世界上充滿了愚蠢的人,即使有一點(diǎn)智慧,與神比起來,也是愚蠢的。那些認(rèn)為自己聰明、別人都笨的人是最愚蠢的。如果想做聰明人,看上去聰明是不夠的,而自作聰明則更糟。認(rèn)為自己無知便為有知,看不見他人所見便為無見。盡管世界上充滿了蠢人,但沒有一人認(rèn)為自己愚蠢,他們甚至?xí)岩墒廊硕喟胗薮肋@一事實(shí)。
201.They are all fools who seem so besides half the rest
They are all fools who seem so besides half the rest. Folly arose with the world, and if there be any wisdom it is folly compared with the divine. But the greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are. To be wise it is not enough to seem wise, least of all to oneself. He knows who does not think that he knows, and he does not see who does not see that others see. Though all the world is full of fools, there is none that thinks himself one, or even suspects the fact.