智慧書（中英雙語） · 240．學會裝傻

240．學會裝傻 學會裝傻。最聰明的人有時也用此方法，有時候大智若愚。你不必真的那麼傻，只是扮成傻瓜。在蠢人面前顯得聰明，或在聰明人面前顯得愚蠢，都沒什麼好處，你應該見什麼人說什麼話。假裝傻瓜的人其實並不傻，為此受苦的人才叫傻。因為假裝愚蠢十分聰明，它不是真正的愚蠢，地道的愚蠢才是。如果想得到眾人的歡迎，就要披上一張最純樸動物的皮。 240．Make use of folly Make use of folly. The wisest play this card at times, and there are times when the greatest wisdom lies in seeming not to be wise. You need not be unwise, but merely affect unwisdom. To be wise with fools and foolish with the wise were of little use. Speak to each in his own language. He is no fool who affects folly, but he is who suffers from it. Ingenuous folly rather than the pretended is the true foolishness, since cleverness has arrived at such a pitch. To be well liked one must dress in the skin of the simplest of animals.