《智慧书·第四辑·一五一至二百》第9则
Put up with Fools. The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increase impatience of folly. Much knowledge is difficult to satisfy. The first great rule of life, according to Epictetus, is to put up with things: he makes that the moiety of wisdom. To put up with all the varieties of folly would need much patience. We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend: a useful lesson in self-control. Out of patience comes forth peace, the priceless boon which is the happiness of the world. But let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
注释摘要
这则格言把一句尖锐的自嘲压成了劝世箴言，标题和正文可以拼成一句话：智者因知识增长而对愚行愈发不耐，却恰恰需要把忍受愚人当成生存的第一课。 标题里的 put up with 同时带着两重意思：一是容忍、不予计较，二是硬着头皮与愚人共处。葛拉西安在正文中顺着这两层展开，先用智者自身的心理困境起笔——知识越多，对愚蠢的耐受力越差，这不是道德缺陷，而是一种几乎生理…