When asked for an explanation, he said, "When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today".

有人请他作出解释，他说：“当你发现自己今天并非像你昨天想象的那般聪明的时候，今天的你就更聪明了。”

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The young man still wanted to ask something, but the wise man stopped him and said, "When we are talking about the importance of today, we have wasted a lot of it."

年轻人还想问点什么，智者拦住了他，说：“当我们谈论今天的重要性时，我们已经浪费了很多时间。”

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Years ago, a very wise general manager once told me that "everyone wants a deal" and that sure holds true today.

几年前，一个非常聪明的酒店总经理曾经告诉我“每个旅行者都想要特惠酒店”，这一点在今天看来都是一样。

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If they are wise, today's business leaders and educators will see it is in their enlightened self-interest to take the goal of professionalisation seriously, and thus start to regain society's trust.

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The prime minister questioned whether anyone would "seriously argue that it would be wise for Britain, faced with this evolving threat today, to surrender our deterrent".

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