《智慧书·第三辑·一〇一至一五〇》第46则
Look into the Interior of Things. Things are generally other than they seem, and ignorance that never looks beneath the rind becomes disabused when you show the kernel. Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of Time. The wise therefore reserve for it the other half of that power which the common mother has wisely given in duplicate. Deceit is very superficial, and the superficial therefore easily fall into it. Prudence lives retired within its recesses, visited only by sages and wise men.
注释摘要
这一则的标题“Look into the Interior of Things”与正文第一句“Things are generally other than they seem”合在一起，就是他全部想说的话：凡事表里通常不一，所以人要向内里看。后头几句全是对这个主题的延伸。葛拉西安用的是概念主义那种压缩到骨骼的写法，每句话都像一枚掰开的果核——外表粗糙，里…