To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser.

四十岁还持有二十岁时同样的见解，就如同浑浑噩噩地过了二十年；这样的人算不上先知，倒像个教不会的孩子，挨了不少教训，却一点也没变聪明。