《沙与沫》 选段 05
We are all seeking the summit of the holy mountain;
but shall not our road be shorter
if we consider the past a chart and not a guide?
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom
when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh,
and too self-full to seek other than itself.
Had I filled myself with all that you know what room should I have for all that you do not know?
I have learned silence from the talkative,
toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind;
yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
A bigot is a stone-leaf orator
假如我们把过去当作一张图表而不作为一个向导的话，我们路程不是可以缩短吗？
当智慧骄傲到不肯哭泣，庄严到不肯欢笑，自满到不肯看人的时候，就不成为智慧了。
如果我把你所知道的一切，把自己填满的话，
我还能有余地来容纳你所不知道的一切吗？
我从多话的人学到了静默，从偏狭的人学到了宽容，从残忍的人学到了仁爱，
但奇怪的是我对于这些老师并不感激。
执拗的人是一个极聋的演说家。