The defects of great men are the consolation of dunces.伟人有缺点是愚人的安慰.Young men think old men are fools, But old men know young men are dunces.青年人以为老年人蠢, 老年人认为年轻人傻....
He used to be a dunce at school.他上学时曾是个笨学生.Michael may have been a dunce at mathematics, but he was gifted at languages.迈克尔在数学上可能不太灵光，但在语言方面很有天赋。I was a dunce at chemistry.我在化学方面是个劣等生....