146．透过现象看本质

透过现象看本质。事物的本质往往与其表象有所不同，无知者见到的只是外壳而已。你让他看到内核，他才会醒悟。谎言总是捷足先登，傻瓜总被牵着鼻子走，因其愚蠢得不可救药。真相总是伴着时间缓缓来迟。因此，审慎之人常会留一只耳朵聆听真相，他们共同的自然之母已睿智地赐予每人一双耳朵。欺诈是浅薄的，因此肤浅之人才容易相信它。“谨慎”隐居于幽深之处，只有贤士和智者才去拜访。

146．Look into the interior of things

Look into the interior of things. Things are generally other than they seem, and ignorance that never looks beneath the rind becomes disabused when you show the kernel. Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of Time. The wise therefore reserve for truth one of their ears, which the common mother has wisely given in duplicate. Deceit is very superficial, and the superficial therefore easily fall into it. Prudence lives retired within its recesses, visited only by sages and wise men.