智者谈论想法, 知识分子谈论事实, 普通人谈论他吃什么。
智者談論想法, 知識分子談論事實, 普通人談論他吃什麼。
zhì zhě tán lùn xiǎng fǎ , zhī shi fèn zǐ tán lùn shì shí , pǔ tōng rén tán lùn tā chī shén me 。
Wise men talk about ideas, intellectuals about facts, and the ordinary man talks about what he eats.
Mandarin
宗教在一般人的眼中是真理,在智者的眼中是谎言,而在统治者的眼中则是一种工具。
宗教在一般人的眼中是真理,在智者的眼中是謊言,而在統治者的眼中則是一種工具。
zōng jiào zài yī bān rén de yǎn zhōng shì zhēn lǐ , zài zhì zhě de yǎn zhōng shì huǎng yán , ér zài tǒng zhì zhě de yǎn zhōng zé shì yī zhǒng gōng jù 。
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
Mandarin
在书中,我们可以跟各个时代、各个地方的智者仁人同行。
在書中,我們可以跟各個時代、各個地方的智者仁人同行。
zài shū zhōng , wǒ men kě yǐ gēn gè gè shí dài 、 gè gè dì fāng de zhì zhě rén rén tóng háng 。
By reading books we can walk with the great and the good from every place and every era.
Mandarin
真正的智者能化繁为简。那些把简单的事情说的高深莫测的人,只是一些不懂装懂的庸人而已。
真正的智者能化繁為簡。那些把簡單的事情説的高深莫測的人,只是一些不懂裝懂的庸人而已。
zhēn zhèng de zhì zhě néng huà fán wèi jiǎn 。 nà xiē bǎ jiǎn dān de shì qing shuō de gāo shēn mò cè de rén , zhǐ shì yī xiē bù dǒng zhuāng dǒng de yōng rén ér yǐ 。
In the hands of a wise person, things become really simple. It's a mediocre person, pretending to be wise, that makes an easy thing sound difficult.
Mandarin
问题的根源是,在当今世界,愚人充满了自信,而智者充满了怀疑。
問題的根源是,在當今世界,愚人充滿了自信,而智者充滿了懷疑。
wèn tí de gēn yuán shì , zài dāng jīn shì jiè , yú rén chōng mǎn le zì xìn , ér zhì zhě chōng mǎn le huái yí 。
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
The fundamental cause of the problem is that in the modern world, idiots are full of confidence, while the intelligent are full of doubt.
The wise exhaust their wisdom; the brave consume their bravery; the wealthy lose their wealth; [when] the entire country shares a common goal, the will of the masses forge a stronghold.