Wisdom is better than strength．

出处：按学科分类—哲学、宗教 复旦大学出版社《圣经典故辞典》第767页（1179字）

【释义】：

智胜于勇；(喻)四两拨千斤

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me.

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

The words of wise man are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Eccles.9:13-18

我见日光之下有一样智慧，据我看乃是广大，

就是有一小城。

其中的人数稀少。有大君王来攻击，修筑营垒，将城围困。

城中有一个贫穷的智慧人，他用智慧救了那城，却没有人纪念那穷人。

我就说：“智慧胜过勇力，然而那贫穷人的智慧被人藐视，他的话也无人听从。”

宁可在安静之中听智慧人的言语，不听掌管愚昧人的喊声。

智慧胜过打仗的兵器，但一个罪人能败坏许多善事。

《传道书》9∶13－18］

。【条目出处】：《圣经·旧约》