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.

  • -- Mary Astell 艾斯泰尔

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。

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The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself.

女王最急于召集所有人来制止这种疯狂、邪恶、愚蠢的“妇女权利”。这是一个让女王怒不可遏的话题,她无法控制自己。

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

男人和女人作出不同的审美判断的主要原因是,后者通常不能抽象,只欣赏他们完全赞同的东西。

I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.

我想,如果我先做了一个出色的研究,我今天可能还是个老头子,但我希望不是。人们之所以成为教师,是因为他们在生活中没有能力做任何其他事情。

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

她善于引用别人的话,这是机智的有力替代品。

Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

恶意总能找到靶子,也总能找到借口。

If you have wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

如果你有智慧和学识,那就加上智慧和谦虚吧。

Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

人的智慧是他最好的朋友;愚蠢是他最大的敌人。

Bear no malice.

不念旧恶。