智慧书(16)

看见当下容易，看见未来困难。

Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.

众人皆知之事在谨慎的人那里，也成了私事。

In a discreet man's mouth, a public thing is private.

亚麻勿近火，青年勿沾赌。

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming.

崇拜是愚昧之女。

Admiration is the Daughter of Ignorance.

伪装的人总担心会露出尾巴。

She that paints her Face, thinks of her Tail.