My daughter, you are rightly called wise; for unless what we do is useful, the glory of it is vain.
女儿啊,你无愧于智慧之名;因为我们所做的事若无益处,所得的荣耀也不过是空的。
— Aesop · Aesop’s Fables (translated by George Fyler Townsend) · The Trees Under the Protection of the Gods —
My daughter, you are rightly called wise; for unless what we do is useful, the glory of it is vain.
女儿啊,你无愧于智慧之名;因为我们所做的事若无益处,所得的荣耀也不过是空的。