Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

  • -- Zhuangzi 庄子

大知闲闲,小知间间。大言炎炎,小言詹詹。

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Because the issues debated at the convention were very contentious and very divisive, it's easy to imagine that people of lesser stature could have foundered, that the whole enterprise might have died

因为在大会上辩论的问题是非常有争议和分裂的,很容易想象地位较低的人可能会失败,整个企业可能已经死亡

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

欺骗是心胸狭窄的人的游戏,这是女人的天性。

Petty things don't bother me as much as they used to.

我不再像过去那样为琐事烦恼了。