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When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love and wise already had one in reserve.
" G" J. c2 l a0 f/ V1 m, H当爱到了终点,软弱者哭泣,精明者马上去发现另外一个,聪明的早就预备了一个. % w9 v7 v0 Q' x( C0 l3 K; Y
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
9 L: l- R7 l' A! K/ w没有伟大的艺术家是看事物真实的样子,如果他这样那他就不再是艺术家
?. D) X8 b; j. Z0 \! o9 q# yI represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit
! V$ j0 w7 y- ~0 J } \7 G8 l) M我提供给你们的是你们没勇气去犯的罪8 {8 c' b' q, i/ |
One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about! A! _* U! E; O ~3 Z6 X# D5 D
总是善待别人的人对什么都不在意5 P; `9 b) ?& O1 `7 \2 n! ?/ o
We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the% f& n8 d( c0 p& k
Greeks./ [2 p* n. s0 V- e; o7 u; l6 _
我们爱尔兰人太诗意以至不能做诗人,我们是才华横溢的失败者的国度,可我们是自希腊人以来最伟大的讲演者
' y7 X: t) ?: bWhat seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
3 g6 ]$ {( x3 K2 |痛苦的审判是那些虚伪的祝福+ g; S: o$ r* x7 L
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.5 n% ^1 I; w' b z7 c/ [
情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途$ h; W% `1 ~( c2 \3 V+ J' e. I, r
Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
- U+ T9 h4 u4 o+ F* E+ m' d' U请不要射击钢琴师,他已经尽力了.
! ]! \- w; Z2 W2 b* x+ G7 K. G2 wThe heart was made to be broken. `7 e# H! E8 V
心是用来碎的
( U9 O0 N1 L# k# r2 GThe public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.0 `* e) ]: ?$ c( F- O* f
公众是惊人地宽容,可以原谅一切除了天才
, l6 g' k! G0 ~& s! NReligions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.# H7 B. x! d8 G' B0 J9 u
宗教会死亡,当他们需要证实是真的时候,科学是死亡宗教的记录
! g" M% h" }3 DWhy was I born with such contemporaries @/ Q+ Z2 S# X" A! {
为什么我会和这么多同代人一块出生呢?) X+ d. A) |% _
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
& f( }8 x0 [! d3 g! j( j诗歌可以拯救一切除了印刷错误
- l& @* ]" m9 n! T" yOnly the shallow know themselves.
# K* a6 S9 }, @$ d3 b只有影子才懂他们自己
2 D3 ?8 @- {, C, cThe only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
, ~( g" N x* S3 U9 g7 b9 g" d7 D, v摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是被被诱惑,我能抗拒一切除了诱惑.
3 j' t' {4 ^( Z" F, d2 v8 G& mDiscontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation
" C% q0 v3 p. @) P! T$ {- |, E( x; S不满是进步中的人或民族的第一步
1 M/ g; X" `0 o& P( bI like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.4 z% ~" h! m( a
我喜欢和自己说,因为节约时间和预防争论
: M3 R* `4 g3 _: MQuotation is a serviceable substitute for wit) b8 B2 ^; b* |: ?) w5 k. U
格言是智慧耐用的替代品) t# r) U& |- c0 P
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the
% o8 V0 D% d$ P" M& pworld.
8 T% p6 u' ]' l1 _$ \* M梦想家能发现用月光铺就的道路,惩罚是他比所有人提前看到曙光
- Y" ?# q: `1 h: d" V Q4 }( N9 DEvery saint has a past and every sinner has a future.( J1 f+ M j/ W
每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来) Z8 M7 x% I! Y! k/ N' g% W
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
1 W7 b% i8 g! M* P+ g活着是世上最珍贵的,大多数人只是存在,仅此而已.
( U. t u4 f# b/ S% F* vI have nothing to declare except my genuis.
- O6 @5 @2 K n. i我没什么好宣告的,除了我的天才5 z! ?1 K, i& T6 M6 @. c
I like men who have a future and women who have a past1 _2 P8 O, f" v) W9 S
我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人
! O3 w6 l2 c$ s/ j& rPessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
5 Z& }) Q, s4 ? z+ n1 T6 o1 d悲观主义者是那种有机会选两种不幸而全都选择的人( [3 t0 o! E& F( K
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
) s( i* E! l0 D. I' {, J6 i$ j" y0 I社会仅仅以一种精神概念而存在,真实的世界仅仅是个体的9 }2 O0 A, u3 O- y f0 \# [
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
4 q$ U4 ?* |. W$ Z3 J8 w, I b什么叫愤世嫉俗者?一个知道每个事物价格而不知道价值的人4 A1 ^% S7 }/ G* O
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.8 V7 d" i8 ?# T% y* s' q
我喜欢人甚于原则,我还喜欢没原则的人甚于世界上的一切
4 s0 a* @6 D8 r# i( UIt is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution4 A0 y; U6 V# {" O! ]
是忏悔而不是牧师给我们赦免- s# j2 v, g5 u2 @+ c
I don't want to earn my living; I want to live+ y6 F5 ^, l6 i4 ?" ^$ h Y, `. [
我不想谋生,我想生活( v/ L; U y; `! f# B8 i
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.' Z' O2 S d' D* ~
适度是致命的,没有什么事想过剩那么成功.2 f1 {+ e$ L% b; Q) q/ Q
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
/ U8 c2 X) ]( m3 p3 M比讨论更坏的唯一的事情是不讨论6 d- @: S( _; X0 y7 O$ R
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers: h5 Z( E4 g# g& A) ` N( T8 r
当神想惩罚我们的时候,他回应我们的祈祷! P0 I# i* F4 y6 o( K; S
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.8 n. w% _5 H0 U" q, r- T6 H
一个女人与一个坚持要把她当成完美正常的人的男人一起,怎么能指望获得快乐呢?, \2 V; |3 y$ Z% y1 J) M
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction
& W x' \9 o/ s+ K我设想所有迷人的人都是被溺爱的,这是他们吸引力的秘密) G9 u, ~* W; l; `2 i5 S6 Z
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness., S2 Y0 r2 L! ~2 L; j0 K
没有比冷静更让人恼火的
6 ~3 Y# r( @% f0 {Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.( q$ i& Y; V9 ?1 v, r0 V
声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一1 {- F+ C2 E; |7 y5 V
The truth is rarely pure and never simple: T! E; @& r, J
真理很纯粹,可决不简单
% w- x3 p) _4 A z2 wRidicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
3 K; Y. W: Q7 `6 _奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌- D7 @) V5 ^+ q8 F- P/ m, T/ D2 `" t
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual
$ @. ?8 h6 `8 H' J! R( l) g什么也不做是世上最难的事情,最难也最智力
# h& \! ~8 G2 h( b' N0 k' qA true friend stabs you in the front.
- `3 p6 _% h( ~3 ]真朋友当面中伤你
5 x. {: _0 @: t4 D6 sOrdinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
' h/ O D, |, m9 F" f* |普通财富会失窃,真财富不会,你灵魂里面无限珍贵的东西不会离开你
9 ~2 C3 j: C6 oThe well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
: H: Y1 R/ e; D7 }6 S教养与别人抵触,智慧和自己抵触% `4 r( M1 h& H1 P& {( f- |
Hatred is blind, as well as love.6 O D# y& k/ X( G# b8 h7 H
恨是盲目的,爱也是
4 F0 z' `; a0 n0 F S9 c9 d8 [! TLooking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.' K' @' A1 \% x# m+ B/ |- b
注意穿着打扮是必要的,而有个生活目标却不是& o5 M9 ]& C3 M
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much." p9 o; d2 u# w k2 D% f
宽恕你的敌人,没什么能比这个让他们苦恼的了7 S- B: {2 y: L9 k2 J$ F
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them0 s1 \1 |2 K! ^0 S% h1 D
孩子最初爱他们父母,等大一些他们评判父母,有些时候,他们原谅父母5 h/ x* y) J- {0 _
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
9 x5 k9 n* X7 l生活里有两个悲剧:一个是没有得到我们想要的,另外一个是得到了.
6 n* ?3 H( j' B$ t: N0 jWhen one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world
4 g# i, D$ p! }9 Q8 Pcalls a romance.% D, ~3 d% G2 V, z" w, h' E
当某人在恋爱中,开始是欺骗自己,结束时候是欺骗别人,这就是罗漫史3 S" g5 L+ ~1 Y% {1 U. Q& W
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally." g5 }/ u# R9 L, X' z
绅士就是从不无意识伤害别人感觉的人
2 ~0 f% p; b5 NConversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative4 F d% O ?- k: W: B0 f/ v
谈论天气是无趣谈话最后的避难所: C( M+ g3 R5 y5 F; c5 \
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead4 {" [+ s2 a2 k5 M, i4 @
真实生活就是我们不会引领的生活
# g( ~' M! f3 {% s5 dWickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others
v! g/ v! E; P0 \+ u+ W( T! E, }邪恶是好人发明出来说明那些奇异而有魅力的人的神话
, [& m3 Z& A: i6 C& X5 HEvery great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography |
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