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Take them to court: talent feels its weight, tact finds its way;
另外，我們考察一下在法院里的情形。才能可以讓別人感受到一個人的影響力，而機智則可以讓其盡情發揮影響力。
talent commands, tact is obeyed; talent is honored with approbation, and tact is blessed by preferment.
才能居于指揮地位，而機智則會令別人服從；才能榮享贊揚，而機智則優先得到上天的恩賜；
Place them in the senate: talent has the ear of the house, but tact wins its heart, and has its votes;
那么在參議院情形怎樣呢？才能使議會能聽到它希望了解的東西，而機智卻能贏得它的芳心，獲得大家的投票；
talent is fit for employment, but tact is fitted for it.
才智適合就業，而機智則使就業的人游刃有余。
It has a knack of slipping into place with a sweet silence and glibness of movement, as a billiard ball insinuates itself into the pocket.
機智具有一種悄無聲息地占據有利位置，口齒伶俐地表達自己的想法的技巧，就像彈子球巧妙迂回落入袋中一樣。
It seems to know everything, without learning anything.
機智不需要掌握什么就能洞察一切。
It has served an extemporary apprenticeship; it wants no drilling; it never ranks in the awkward squad; it has no left hand, no deaf ear, no blind side.
它需要一個練習不用事先準備，張嘴就說的見習期。它不需要刻苦鉆研，在那些愚笨的人從來就不具備這種本領；它是信手拈來的，對周圍的一切洞若觀火。
It puts on no look of wondrous wisdom, it has no air of profundity,
它沒有令人驚嘆的智慧那不屑一顧的傲慢，也沒有深奧的外表，
but plays with the details of place as dexterously as a well-taught hand flourishes over the keys of the pianoforte.
但是卻敏捷地注意到所處環境的細微末梢之處，就像一只訓練有素的手在鋼琴鍵盤上跳舞一樣。
It has all the air of commonplace, and all the force and power of genius.
機智披著尋常的外衣，卻勝過天才所有的力量和影響力。
