格言中自相矛盾的地方跟箴言一样多。
And there is the same amount of contradiction in maxims as in proverbs.
许多智慧文学有点像倡导…，人生苦短，今朝有酒今朝醉，你们可以在《约伯记》和《箴言》中，看到类似这样的格言。
A lot of wisdom literature is sort of like, life's a bitch so just enjoy it while you can, and that's where you get some of the sayings out of Job and the Proverbs.
任何理想的人，无论他是否将通过研究格雷西亚统或任何其他人的格言来学习如何统治世界，多少有点值得怀疑，其原因在我前面讨论箴言的时候已经说过了。
Whether any ideal person will learn to rule the world by studying Gracian's or any one else's maxims is somewhat more doubtful, for reasons I have given above in discussing proverbs.
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