If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
如果人们有时不做愚蠢的事情,就不会有聪明的事情发生。
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it, generation after generation.
这是《鬼吹灯》系列的核心概念,意指在古墓中点燃蜡烛以判断是否有鬼魂存在。