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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.
) L! y( r1 S6 p+ c; X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.
: y; m7 \" h; ]+ a! ~No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
8 j* h( M& C2 B! u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% K0 h& k" N8 x* Y. J/ g( {8 @& [
I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit1 W7 Y' b. f( F" u% C
我提供给你们的是你们没勇气去犯的罪/ f4 @$ F: k1 L
One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about
% t9 J- ]; v/ V8 S0 i! Q总是善待别人的人对什么都不在意3 P# y7 [0 A, \- l
We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the7 {7 E6 H& q, |6 ~2 a/ i6 h
Greeks.' O5 ?: v. A) L2 ~) N
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; A8 S6 q/ W9 m
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
, ~4 g# L% ]6 H/ T' B$ j痛苦的审判是那些虚伪的祝福
! A* Q* D' j1 a- a* ~The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.3 z; F. ~8 v' o# m0 a# c+ \
情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途
$ l* G% P( m# |4 ePlease do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.8 e5 E3 h! Y# {2 P5 g
请不要射击钢琴师,他已经尽力了.
! l; F* R3 g6 D' S$ M( vThe heart was made to be broken
% \9 ^" e( J V心是用来碎的
* i7 C; W# d: ~; @' E. y: hThe public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.2 L+ O* j/ i3 M. g- Z2 L2 _
公众是惊人地宽容,可以原谅一切除了天才; q* W5 j+ l! k7 ~$ L4 ]( k9 Q {+ ~
Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.6 F/ O) ~' H* N8 q0 s2 i# ^' T( s
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
7 g5 N: H, o" f+ J+ u) KWhy was I born with such contemporaries
$ { N C5 W. R3 [" o6 U$ t2 J; F为什么我会和这么多同代人一块出生呢?3 r; `( N# s5 O
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.# n9 N4 f1 t/ ^
诗歌可以拯救一切除了印刷错误
% n/ k3 }& `* KOnly the shallow know themselves.
, r, b; A$ P$ V* f只有影子才懂他们自己
8 R/ Q2 I: T% k; FThe only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
* g# `% `; M6 H6 n* N; s- S. H摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是被被诱惑,我能抗拒一切除了诱惑./ @! e5 b3 Y9 ?6 z
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation4 J4 A, b* O8 V8 j% l
不满是进步中的人或民族的第一步
" {/ Z2 ~3 Q W- Q8 WI like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
) M) j/ u+ @2 {$ g4 ]- Y我喜欢和自己说,因为节约时间和预防争论+ I6 u) L9 O0 g4 [2 F0 L9 B O1 v, e
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit6 K d+ t3 O- s. z6 l
格言是智慧耐用的替代品3 j4 v1 J& `4 j6 S I" ]
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
1 ^& i" v! z) ]' n8 F( K& G# t: Rworld.
/ [) J3 i( p1 U( F+ L3 Z% A, \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
, e$ }. Y" ~+ ?' q# ~Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
" f1 |+ g2 u9 ^- j' Z, c每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来
/ t8 q8 ], u0 F; Z* Z0 M4 \( _5 c$ R1 i- ATo live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.' t2 h) w% _3 x1 ]
活着是世上最珍贵的,大多数人只是存在,仅此而已.
4 @2 C$ C8 V0 y {$ kI have nothing to declare except my genuis.! k, W" i, f6 a
我没什么好宣告的,除了我的天才
1 _- V- ^, G- |6 |/ p& N0 B2 |I like men who have a future and women who have a past
3 N/ f# x2 p5 F7 o' N我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人/ ~9 p# E3 A6 D. }8 E* G! z' W
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.6 J* `3 Z, S- i6 h! `
悲观主义者是那种有机会选两种不幸而全都选择的人+ D6 t8 X4 t3 V; _. C
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
9 {) p" p* N7 o& y+ @5 m' G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+ N4 Q" |. _7 E. s
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
" O. _) r7 B/ T2 r) 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
2 H4 B1 ?' k: i: u7 y$ [ ZI like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.6 E; v- T! s# `
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
% c7 b/ L% u7 r9 @3 F+ V, YIt is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution+ P1 f+ ?; s& |$ n+ e# K
是忏悔而不是牧师给我们赦免& V0 q8 J$ B& {
I don't want to earn my living; I want to live
3 T% a( a! f3 \/ V我不想谋生,我想生活% z; ?- X' w1 T/ M% F
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
8 J- k- A9 C; [2 {适度是致命的,没有什么事想过剩那么成功.
4 M& O3 X" G( I4 k8 T7 s1 cThe only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. X( W0 U) ?6 P# ~# O& k# G: z) v
比讨论更坏的唯一的事情是不讨论
# F& l) U2 G" K- o5 F. I" EWhen the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers% _) [. e+ l( \ B3 _2 v
当神想惩罚我们的时候,他回应我们的祈祷
; \, I1 J/ Q ^' d2 L* K; l" zHow 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.
9 z0 `& O% n2 J" K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?
; z% T+ K! \, U* @9 t: H+ ^All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction# I6 R7 f' E R+ @6 P% o
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
5 P. u' u$ U& l+ x0 R7 l7 hNothing is so aggravating than calmness.
, j* F1 f0 |6 o8 c没有比冷静更让人恼火的
/ d' v5 n, |/ m4 x8 wPopularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
# F2 `% Z/ B! f# W声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一
& I4 [" q" j4 k" N% Y7 pThe truth is rarely pure and never simple
+ | t+ ]/ K, Z真理很纯粹,可决不简单
g- P% i0 i. D/ J# MRidicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.# P+ U3 J) [3 D, u, u4 [
奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌
; [4 D$ L" ?2 q* }* C! K8 G/ JTo do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual
* K; b; z I0 a O Y, p) T什么也不做是世上最难的事情,最难也最智力: w4 v( ^, A3 j; _9 n0 J% n
A true friend stabs you in the front.$ E* Q. w" C: k3 k/ K3 n8 J
真朋友当面中伤你
3 S4 M% E1 N- J; {1 a$ s/ KOrdinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you., ^; T1 d# G* s) C/ d
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+ D0 V# e% L/ c1 n, I0 N, @/ J
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. z8 g" I1 j6 w. X4 n. O$ S1 {3 g: q3 F; w
教养与别人抵触,智慧和自己抵触
0 x5 A2 R5 Q W7 U4 _7 ~' i; h( QHatred is blind, as well as love.3 i, X B) e: ^, `
恨是盲目的,爱也是
. ]* X6 q' o8 b& N b3 aLooking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.; ^ d$ x& D, i, {1 C
注意穿着打扮是必要的,而有个生活目标却不是- I& I7 H. v5 f5 L: G" y
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.) _: N9 p% e) [* ?% Z
宽恕你的敌人,没什么能比这个让他们苦恼的了( ]' o' @: i) R4 i, z
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them
- I2 P) l$ _* `; p: Q3 N& J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
3 W! z7 A) }4 }1 tThere are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
4 @1 z% S' F( C5 \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 C* O5 s# \) L; D# B; G. n
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world
* ]( F& r @& `0 M0 C/ ycalls a romance.
7 [) ~3 Y6 s9 r4 K* L+ I+ I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: k y) K0 x. I
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.: X- Z6 f9 K. S2 t0 d! S! v
绅士就是从不无意识伤害别人感觉的人
, V$ D/ N" b$ b H, ~0 q* RConversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative3 D. {0 e+ U# i4 G5 W, q
谈论天气是无趣谈话最后的避难所: o3 v6 Z, |: ~2 c9 \
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead
' {; x0 Y6 z3 i7 U真实生活就是我们不会引领的生活
+ [& s, S$ m6 m& M) v' FWickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others
9 x& g" U: s4 P3 d% M P邪恶是好人发明出来说明那些奇异而有魅力的人的神话0 P7 p( u5 U E! P- X
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