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So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

艺术是如此博大，人类的智慧是如此狭隘。

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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。

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War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.

在战争的发展过程中，出现了一系列不可预见的情况，人类的智慧无法估计其结局;只有一件事是肯定的，那就是增税。

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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

动物所处的时代比人类聪明;但是他们的智慧局限于一些细节，而且局限在一个非常狭窄的范围内。

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I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive.

我认为超自然现象是一个包罗万象的东西，我们无法理解生命中其他我们无法感知的部分。

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It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.

几乎到处都是这样的情况:在它诞生后不久，人类智慧的大部分就被储存在仓库里。

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When I face a left-handed lineup, it narrows down what I have to accomplish in that game. It simplifies my game plan.

当我面对一个左撇子阵容，它缩小了我必须完成的比赛。它简化了我的游戏计划。

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It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience.

认为我们可以通过诉诸良知来控制人类的长期繁衍是错误的。

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For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.

因为那些智慧成为罪恶之母的人，那些智慧教育他们在所有的事情上都是邪恶的。

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History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

历史不过是人类罪恶、愚蠢和不幸的记录。

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A bean-jam rice cake into the open mouth.

把一个豆果酱年糕放进张开的嘴里。

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History is a vast early warning system.

历史是一个巨大的预警系统。

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