At their wit’s end.
智穷力竭。
——Old Testament
——《旧约全书》
The true touchstone of wit is the inpromptu.
才智的真正考验是能否即席创作。
——Moliere
——莫里哀
Wit and wisdom are born with a man.
才智和智慧出自一人。
——John Selden
——约翰·塞尔登
Fools are only laugh’d at；wits are hated.
愚人受人嘲笑，才智遭受怀恨。
——Pope
——蒲柏
Wit is not worldy wisdom.
才智不是世故老练。
——Alexander Smith
——亚历山大·史密斯
Thou know’st we work by wit, not by witchcraft；
And wit depends on dilatory time.
你知道我们干事情全赖计谋，并不是用的魔法,
用计谋就必须等待时机成熟。
——Shakespeare
——莎士比亚
Rudeness is a sauce to his good wit,
Which gives men stomach to digest his words
With better appetite.
他的乖僻对于他的智慧是一种调味品，
使人们在咀嚼他的言语的时候，
可以感到一种深长的滋味。
——Shakespeare
——莎士比亚
Your wit’s too hot, it speeds too fast, ’twill tire.
你的舌头就像一匹快马，奔得太快会把力气都奔完的。
——Shakespeare
——莎士比亚
A man that had a wife with such a wit, he might say, “Wit, whither wilt?”
男人娶到了这种有才情的老婆，就难免要感慨“才情才情，看你横行到什么地方了”。
——Shakespeare
——莎士比亚
I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
我不但自己聪明，并且还把我的聪明借给别人。
——Shakespeare
——莎士比亚
His eyes begets occasion for his wit；
For every object that the one doth catch,
The other turns to a mirth—moving jest.
他的眼睛一看到什么事情，
他的机智就会把它
编成一段有趣的笑话。
——Shakespeare
——莎士比亚
What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit.
一个衣冠楚楚的人，会这样迷塞了心窍，真是可笑。
——Shakespeare
——莎士比亚
If you have wit, use it to please, and not to hurt：you may shine like the sun in the temperate zone, without scorching.
如果你有才智，使用时要使人高兴而不伤害人，就如温带的太阳，不会火辣辣的。
——Chesterfield
——切斯特菲尔德
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
才智是谈话中的盐，不是食物。
——William Hazlitt
——威廉·赫士列特
Wit when temperate is pleasing, when unbridled it offends.
有节制的机智使人高兴，不加制约它便把人挫伤。
——Phaedrus
——菲得洛斯
Understanding is bread, which satisfies; wit is spice that makes it appetizing.
理解是面包，能满足人的需要；机智是调味，它使面包更可口。
——Ludwig Boerne
——路德维格·波恩里
Wit…like champagne, not only sparkles, but is sweet.
机智像香槟酒，不仅发亮而且甜美。
——Benjamin Disraeli
——本杰明·迪斯累里
It is grown almost into a maxim that good—natured men are not always men of the most wit.This observation, in my opinion, has no foundation in nature.The greatest wit, I have conversed with are men eminent for their humanity.
这几乎成为格言了，即天性善良的人通常都不是最机智的人。我的看法，这种观察并无根据，我所接谈的极为机智的人都是人性卓著的。
——Addison
——艾狄生
Intemperate wit will spare neither friend nor foe, and make themselves the common enemies of mankind.
滥用机智的人不分敌我的一律不宽容，其结果使自己成为人类的公敌。
——Unknown
——佚名
A witty man is admired for his mental adroitness rather than for his mental hilarity.
一个机智的人以他心灵的灵巧，而不是心灵的喧闹为人所赞美。
——Unknown
——佚名
Wit should be used as a shield for defence rather than as a sword to wound others.
机智应该作为自卫的盾，而不是伤人的剑。
——Thomas Fuller
——托马斯·富勒
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
即席作答是机智者特有的试金石。
——Moliere
——莫里哀
Wit does not take the place of knowledge.
机智不能取代知识。
——Proverb
——谚语
Even wit is a burden when it talks too long.
机智讲得太多会成为一种负担。
——Latin Proverb
——拉丁谚语
At twenty years of age, the will reigns；at thirty, the wit；and at forty, the judgement.
二十岁时意志占优势，三十岁时机智占优势，四十岁时判断占优势。
——Benjamin Franklin
——本杰明·富兰克林
