Quote of the day:

A popular metaphorical adage warns individuals not to engage with disreputable critics.

A man in the audience began heckling him with a long series of nasty and irrelevant questions. For a while Ching* answered patiently.  Finally, he held up his big paw and waggled it gently.

“My friend,” he said, “I’m not going to answer any more of your questions. I hope you won’t take this personally, but I am reminded of something my old uncle told me, long ago, back on the farm. He said. ‘What’s the sense of wrestling with a pig? You both get all over muddy . . . and the pig likes it.'” “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

*Cyrus Stuart Ching ,Head of the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

今日援引：

流行的隱喻格言警告人們不要與聲名狼藉的評論家打交道。

在聽眾中，一個男人開始用一系列令人討厭且無關緊要的問題來質問他。 有一陣子,青^*耐心地回答着。 最後，他舉起他的大爪子，輕輕地搖晃了一下。

他說：“我的朋友，我不會再回答您更多問題了。 希望您不要往心裡去，但我想起了我的叔叔很久以前告訴我的事情，想到在農場的時候。” 他說， “與豬搏鬥是什麼感覺？ 你們倆渾身都是泥濘…   那頭豬特喜歡它。”“絕對不要和白痴爭論。 他們將把您拖到他們的水平，並用經驗打敗您。”

 *賽勒斯·斯圖爾特·青, 美國聯邦調解與和解服務部負責人