CONVENTIONAL wisdom says that it is better to be a large company than a small one when credit is tight.

传统思维认为：当信贷紧缩的时候大公司的情况总是比小公司要好一些。

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[size=10.5pt]Interestingly, the author ascribes the success of Asian economies to their adoption of “seven pillars of Western wisdom”, so he does give some credit to the West.

[size=10.5pt]有趣的是，作者将亚洲经济的崛起归咎为借助了“西方智慧的七大支柱”，因此他的确对西方给予了一定的肯定。

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I should not take my work all the credit for their wisdom, but also be attributed to me to provide me with material things and thousands upon thousands of characters.

我不应把我的作品全归功于自己的智慧，还应归功于我以外向我提供素材的成千成万的事情和人物。

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For all his fame, and a life lived in public as few others, Mr. Koch didn't get enough credit for his wisdom.

WSJ: Ed Koch: A Mayor and His City

Conventional wisdom has it that the investment bank erred in 1997 when it merged with Dean Witter, a retail broking and credit-card company.

ECONOMIST: UnfulPhilled