If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

如果没有一群愚蠢的人作伴,一个聪明的人往往会不知所措。

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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

做一个爱人比做一个丈夫容易,原因很简单:每天保持机智比时不时地说些好听的话更难。

It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies.

没错,我不容忍傻瓜,但他们也不容忍我,所以我很狡猾。也许这就是为什么我很擅长扮演尖锐的老太太。

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to accept what is true.

被愚弄的方法有两种。一个是相信不真实的东西;二是拒绝接受事实。

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

任何一个去看精神科医生的人都应该检查他的头部。