She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

她善于引用别人的话,这是机智的有力替代品。

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Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.

虽然有些人说,女人天生就没有能力谨慎行事,或者她们一定要干傻事,但我决不允许这种说法。

I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.

我可能是我高中里第一个上耶鲁的孩子。我几乎是在开玩笑。然后,当我到那里的时候,我是你们班上最笨的人。

Some are so far removed from goodness that they cannot conceive of others as being sincerely good.

有些人是如此远离善良,以至于他们无法想象其他人是真诚的善良。

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

不得体是智慧的灵魂。