蒙田箴言录

Michel de Montaigne

胡涣 译


最乏味的对话是没有不同意见的对话。There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

别人的知识可以变为我们的知识，但别人的智慧不能变为我们的智慧。We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

我最恐惧的东西就是恐惧。The thing I fear most is fear.

当你最想忘掉什么事时，它就变成了你记得最牢的事。Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

我的一生有太多的不幸，而它们中的大多数从来都没有发生过（很多不幸都是人自己想象出来的）。My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

名声与平安不可能成为密友。Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.

从未被试探过的女人没有资格夸耀她的贞操。An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.