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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.
& o6 [- {4 r/ x; k2 J& X" w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. % Z6 z! b6 S$ r. H+ v5 L0 F2 `
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.' r. f; L" `+ X! A: `9 Y5 i
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
, I: F% W/ s7 k2 T& q; {2 SI represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit- B# w R6 T! c7 U
我提供给你们的是你们没勇气去犯的罪( B3 h; P& x9 Z% e; j/ }7 t
One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about
1 C# V) @/ U& g. q9 a4 U* r总是善待别人的人对什么都不在意
; `# B, t! S& w, YWe Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the
6 s3 D: `4 f% @' ZGreeks.
6 y' N* c, P# }" W' C1 o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) @! h( y- H) x$ ]# `3 Y0 {
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
( @& U! J# }- d7 c, o- n# o/ w痛苦的审判是那些虚伪的祝福
, p' S1 n% J! f7 @0 P3 EThe advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.' O( M! Q. o0 O
情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途9 k5 u9 Q; ~: J$ ]
Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.% E5 E5 x' `' ?! |3 |6 p1 `
请不要射击钢琴师,他已经尽力了.
& c3 b- s- ?% f# r9 d5 p1 P& EThe heart was made to be broken# G! j' k* Z* ]; C8 u, v
心是用来碎的
N; h+ e6 \5 Z# \; k( ZThe public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
* T. p) \! n0 I( V$ r公众是惊人地宽容,可以原谅一切除了天才% v% y! q1 p9 F+ X6 O8 w. I, F
Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.) ?# |5 K" e# C
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4 B6 s( b6 K( A$ h2 p
Why was I born with such contemporaries. h! r4 b% c F$ T, \
为什么我会和这么多同代人一块出生呢?; |) f: j8 c/ b* J+ T
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.3 n" b$ ^2 K4 T& Q( o
诗歌可以拯救一切除了印刷错误
/ X7 h" Q6 t, |- B8 ^+ o' AOnly the shallow know themselves.
6 d3 q# B! f7 M c只有影子才懂他们自己
# e5 Y# M, ]. }; J2 o9 mThe only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
; Y4 h: n9 f H4 l摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是被被诱惑,我能抗拒一切除了诱惑.% k; R# `6 A/ B% `6 w# c
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation
: G) o$ S# s1 l& j不满是进步中的人或民族的第一步) V- k! W M. @( y1 A1 A( X7 k1 l
I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
3 M5 r8 G2 Q+ _8 T' D1 q. r& b我喜欢和自己说,因为节约时间和预防争论5 e0 v% }( E. F6 O+ {
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit+ W `+ W2 y0 w. ?( g( L2 `
格言是智慧耐用的替代品
- k3 |5 _: ?% a( ?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
2 f/ C! [- \3 V7 F: bworld.
% r& c4 ~8 b9 p" A, N5 H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
# |: J6 I% U7 s( x# nEvery saint has a past and every sinner has a future.& b& y+ K1 R7 n
每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来
J/ V: \( e' x, ?+ W& X# vTo live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
* p( u% ]4 ~* P! Q4 S活着是世上最珍贵的,大多数人只是存在,仅此而已.1 _7 |" B% Z0 K o3 `/ z
I have nothing to declare except my genuis.( ~" Z9 k1 Q6 r! z
我没什么好宣告的,除了我的天才
" l1 A- W! g* E) N& V, HI like men who have a future and women who have a past( |$ q6 o. }) ?2 k0 i( j2 B7 @
我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人* A" w( A7 t: ?, r7 _: l
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
# c2 _4 n5 ?/ ?* H4 q- T# p* a" i6 j悲观主义者是那种有机会选两种不幸而全都选择的人
( ~0 J4 Z' @2 S2 b) Y* G. ?Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.. A3 @* |" Y% q0 B, m" N, T0 _9 w
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' i! Z( w: n1 Y V6 B( ~3 `
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing3 D/ x: G" t: w! }: U# j6 Y/ U
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1 U" R/ { l& [* D5 B$ \& F7 F' G
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
3 O% [3 z$ c5 K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
+ {& _1 } T3 n7 }/ Q( K! tIt is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution/ T. j- m, |% P8 ]
是忏悔而不是牧师给我们赦免
6 q3 v2 `$ [# Y! a5 g# w7 J5 q; }I don't want to earn my living; I want to live% y& P5 ]" n; M, Y! Q% N2 k" Q
我不想谋生,我想生活3 e, q v4 m9 ~5 p7 k& q( z; f
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
1 S; b/ |" e7 ?适度是致命的,没有什么事想过剩那么成功.
0 g! q$ d& _4 r* Q7 [! ^8 qThe only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.. [ i2 A' @) X
比讨论更坏的唯一的事情是不讨论: O; x3 i8 c( i. G; R7 m
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers; J( N: ?' z+ t! p8 z. _
当神想惩罚我们的时候,他回应我们的祈祷: F: h* s4 p0 w1 I0 \' P2 }6 f8 p
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.
( ^# O! x1 a7 s9 W8 P2 h2 V E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?
5 J \2 E# l' Y ]5 o0 QAll charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction1 z5 Z- M3 S! F% f/ \
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
, H2 X* j' z w" y+ ~2 w: H" I; ZNothing is so aggravating than calmness.1 }% k1 j* p) Z8 j8 _
没有比冷静更让人恼火的" n$ _( z* u8 Q$ k6 u
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
r/ l- y ^3 P& m声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一9 \" t8 }; w" d8 j
The truth is rarely pure and never simple
, v: J3 n$ B: i真理很纯粹,可决不简单# l4 G j( E3 l2 X4 Q" w
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.3 ~9 g; j, I! W- V5 G
奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌/ a5 h0 x$ V! ]
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual, F0 R# v {0 D7 Q( q ]
什么也不做是世上最难的事情,最难也最智力& Q+ g! P1 [! V) B6 x2 W
A true friend stabs you in the front.- O% V$ s( v) f5 y% R$ M2 G1 K1 k! {
真朋友当面中伤你
* v6 a9 D) \% ~: s& X: e/ COrdinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.- X4 K* [' b. c3 v. W
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
; Q: ?3 O$ p7 L. \2 H- PThe well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
4 `0 h! ~7 `& i }7 Z! ^" a! c2 G教养与别人抵触,智慧和自己抵触
3 |5 A O, u3 d: YHatred is blind, as well as love.9 x: ~ ]) J9 A# p ^. e$ C
恨是盲目的,爱也是
- Q: M U0 g/ I2 h9 k. ^Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.7 U' b5 T* B; S+ k' o; L) C
注意穿着打扮是必要的,而有个生活目标却不是
1 y# l7 `! _! }- X. aAlways forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
0 A9 o& L7 B4 b9 p! I& W& {! A3 Q5 }宽恕你的敌人,没什么能比这个让他们苦恼的了
+ d+ y# l. p& L% l/ T, R9 |Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them5 y, A6 a( H' @3 g9 O
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
D# `7 `1 ?! IThere are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
; \6 q/ L% g( a: k* {1 o. `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.
( W! U3 R/ }" q. X1 R6 Y$ \; ]When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world5 R! }3 |) r, c K1 b# z
calls a romance.
( y6 N: X4 T& j2 A0 Y. I- Q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
; }6 V4 M: ?+ @9 [7 y( ^. w0 @A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
2 O+ e7 h. C9 t2 H8 `% x绅士就是从不无意识伤害别人感觉的人4 Y q Y% P' |. U
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative, K a8 ?! r* @% m8 E& ]9 d) q
谈论天气是无趣谈话最后的避难所
" Q/ Y) v+ |" ]& WOne's real life is often the life that one does not lead
5 E% l1 u: }) x5 u9 B9 @真实生活就是我们不会引领的生活
4 E0 h5 `' K. X6 @Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others
. L) i4 O/ B' D" y. \邪恶是好人发明出来说明那些奇异而有魅力的人的神话 T% R3 H" t4 x$ i
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