蒙田箴言錄

Michel de Montaigne

胡渙 譯


最乏味的對話是沒有不同意見的對話。There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

別人的知識可以變為我們的知識，但別人的智慧不能變為我們的智慧。We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

我最恐懼的東西就是恐懼。The thing I fear most is fear.

當你最想忘掉什麽事時，它就變成了你記得最牢的事。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，而它們中的大多數從來都沒有發生過（很多不幸都是人自己想象出來的）。My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

名聲與平安不可能成為密友。Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

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

從未被試探過的女人沒有資格誇耀她的貞操。An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.