雙語(yǔ)智慧書·求精深重于求廣博

27．求精深重于求廣博
　　求精深重于求廣博。優(yōu)秀在質(zhì)，而非量。最好的事物往往十分稀有--物以稀為貴。人亦如此，往往巨人也是侏儒。某些書以其形式厚重而獲得人們的贊譽(yù)，似乎此書是要鍛煉臂力而非智力。只有廣博決不能超越平庸，那些可憐的所謂通才總是試圖門門精通，卻總是樣樣不通，這是他們的不幸。精深方可卓越。如若專精于要事，則可享譽(yù)盛名。

27．Prize intensity more than extent
　Prize intensity more than extent. Excellence resides in quality not in quantity. The best is always few and rare: much lowers value. Even among men giants are commonly the real dwarfs. Some reckon books by the thickness, as if they were written to try the brawn more than the brain. Extent alone never rises above mediocrity: it is the misfortune of universal geniuses that in attempting to be at home everywhere, are so nowhere. Intensity gives eminence, and rises to the heroic in matters sublime.