求知的危险

英文原文

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow.

中文译文

向我学吧，即使不听我的训诫，至少也看看我的前车之鉴：获取知识是多么危险；一个把自己的家乡当作整个世界的人，要比一个妄想变得比天性所允许的更伟大的人幸福得多。