A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.

  • -- Lord John Russell 祖父约翰·罗素勋爵

谚语集大成,集大成。

相关名言

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.

俏皮话只要我们把它们限制在一定范围内,就会让人高兴,但如果我们把它们推得太过,就会引起冒犯。

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

在日常交谈中,有两件事是普通人不喜欢的——信息和风趣。