马克·吐温《汤姆·索亚历险记》：
But old fools is the biggest fools there is.
可是老糊涂才是最大的糊涂蛋。
原文：
Hang the boy, can’t I never learn anything? Ain’t he played me tricks enough like that for me to be looking out for him by this time? But old fools is the biggest fools there is. Can’t learn an old dog new tricks, as the saying is. But my goodness, he never plays them alike, two days, and how is a body to know what’s coming?
这该死的孩子，我怎么老是弄不清他这套把戏？他像这样给我开玩笑，实在也开得够多的了，难道我现在还不应该提防他吗？可是老糊涂才是最大的糊涂蛋。俗话说得好，老狗学不会新把戏。可是天哪，他耍的滑头从来没有两天是一样的，谁猜得到他的鬼主意？
