傻瓜的标记

The Badge of A Fool

A certain man reading a book that treated of the secrets of nature， fell upon a chapter in which't was said that a man who has a long beard wears the badge of a fool．Upon which our reader takes up the candle in his hand， for't was in the nighttime， and views himself in the glass， and inconsiderately burns above half his beard off； whereupon he immediately takes upthe pen and writes in the margin of the book，"Proba tumest，"—that is， I know him to be a fool．

傻瓜的标记

某人在读一本论述大自然奥秘的书时，忽然看到有一章节，其中说长着长胡鬓的男人即带有傻瓜的标记。于是我们 的读者立即擎起烛台——因为那是在夜间——照看自己在镜 子里的尊容，一不小心烧掉了他一半多胡鬓。于是他立即拿 起笔，在书页空边上写道：“Proba tum est”，即我知道他是个傻瓜。