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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.
$ M$ l" f' l9 k7 [- ^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.
+ S7 S& E& J2 h( q0 v$ ?No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.) S* {2 M( s; M \" p
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+ |/ X; J4 M3 }
I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit
: {& v5 B& q2 R9 M2 Z我提供给你们的是你们没勇气去犯的罪
! A* j* K6 r; x: BOne can always be kind to people one cares nothing about
I+ A, m9 t0 ]+ o: z1 P# t总是善待别人的人对什么都不在意
, W' N( \4 h% d' w9 O: SWe Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the
4 j9 b( a" U. ^8 dGreeks.. n8 [0 p' `4 {! T
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- A5 |5 w H! L* \$ N- W& S) a
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise4 |! a4 d/ e; d, G- a
痛苦的审判是那些虚伪的祝福" P7 S% e- ~6 N
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.; t5 @: C' T3 f( A* D
情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途' u4 j9 W# G& f( D9 j e& ]2 Q
Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
' m. ?0 ]1 _. c, z% L' T8 V0 ?请不要射击钢琴师,他已经尽力了.) W+ D" H; g3 P' `* w P: r
The heart was made to be broken
3 c% ]/ B O: _5 }- b9 W8 Q) G心是用来碎的% R9 l& R5 W7 U5 x; O6 i
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
; ], p+ ?# Q0 H4 h. W公众是惊人地宽容,可以原谅一切除了天才8 b. E D( u9 m8 X# ?% M
Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
]# `, t. n5 {- q/ N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
! L- M) ~% C% g" uWhy was I born with such contemporaries
0 h" l) T l- h$ H; Y' i5 s: Y为什么我会和这么多同代人一块出生呢?' i' U! u; z" P( c2 W
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.% R+ s3 Y% L) |% j/ U* `
诗歌可以拯救一切除了印刷错误
+ s2 U5 S4 n$ dOnly the shallow know themselves.1 ^ u- O+ X8 P9 T
只有影子才懂他们自己
5 I/ ~* k" o9 {# X' _# B1 L$ }4 a1 SThe only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
. g+ d/ e3 \& d$ _摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是被被诱惑,我能抗拒一切除了诱惑.* g% {' Y: f1 a+ x1 F8 w. J
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation( [7 E# ` F! ^; `3 `, h' x ]
不满是进步中的人或民族的第一步
8 [. |' Y- n: r3 a( MI like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.; w7 l2 u8 ]3 U+ v9 e! V. w
我喜欢和自己说,因为节约时间和预防争论
+ B$ Y( ]; \& |, x& y7 X1 }8 _. {Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit+ n* G/ o( l+ e4 k _$ S+ N
格言是智慧耐用的替代品
- w# i( {2 K% Z- A' Y! G5 E7 J2 nA 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
6 Q {; o$ s5 b; k0 ]/ mworld.
9 t; e0 E1 j! N5 ?( ^; r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' t1 E; H# m4 d1 t* P
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
' w' b$ x# r6 t. ^3 w" \# ]+ _& ? K每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来* u: O" d9 ]& v, R o3 Y; l- [
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.! H& C, O' g; h1 G% h
活着是世上最珍贵的,大多数人只是存在,仅此而已.
* y! ~8 }" a V9 hI have nothing to declare except my genuis.1 d, `# t* w' S
我没什么好宣告的,除了我的天才" j, h3 B" t" {( _! e$ K
I like men who have a future and women who have a past3 U+ P# F% n/ n6 T+ N, H6 B
我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人
4 L: j. Y2 Q7 ?; ?Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.2 U2 z5 `" R4 C/ I. D9 Y4 n
悲观主义者是那种有机会选两种不幸而全都选择的人
4 Q) @, g9 d; E$ m9 R R: d* c9 sSociety exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. G- m. z+ C# C# R; O2 [9 R- M
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' a4 N$ U4 i; \$ P8 B/ Y! q o# ]
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing7 g* f" P4 t& X) S1 E4 F; F
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
$ b3 J* |, d" X" hI like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
: f% v" s1 ~! \" z0 x5 T, Q( B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
/ W* c8 B1 _1 Z2 \8 YIt is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
) ~; l+ R2 o" _是忏悔而不是牧师给我们赦免
$ `: T5 `4 @- x. `9 s& [. S' UI don't want to earn my living; I want to live
' I% P. q6 s W; G* H我不想谋生,我想生活
* H# ~2 g3 t& P; C) OModeration is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
* Y3 }8 W' X- k' K适度是致命的,没有什么事想过剩那么成功.: I" U! F! ]+ `
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.7 t/ \7 q* g5 z# d9 _ d
比讨论更坏的唯一的事情是不讨论
2 R) C4 G4 K7 {When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers( E. X: i5 k' ~5 ~% W
当神想惩罚我们的时候,他回应我们的祈祷
# f) O9 Q. H5 z3 tHow 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.( I" ~" C6 B7 l+ Y$ u
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?- R* h; q8 c ? X' b! K9 \
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction
& l U. E& D: e0 X$ n: C 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% [2 k# B( f" j! M( B. P S7 W9 z
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness./ _+ N( H+ D" Q- P. ~; h
没有比冷静更让人恼火的% @$ I& Y3 `+ e; @- `
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
( N1 H' J. _, B* O7 r9 b声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一
7 A. r8 A% ^. x {" [- }5 gThe truth is rarely pure and never simple j: l* h, ^1 L$ ^7 X6 q0 B, z
真理很纯粹,可决不简单
/ Q/ v' f) K0 s8 U+ `7 z* lRidicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities. d- N. J) w; \' g n' v: M
奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌. ~3 Y9 R0 x9 q3 B
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual
( Y( ]% g0 I+ H+ e% l% V$ q6 |" s什么也不做是世上最难的事情,最难也最智力
( y* _$ N* |1 x+ l* r: |5 w( hA true friend stabs you in the front.
) O) H0 |4 h. Q7 D2 h( Q" @7 S真朋友当面中伤你. u! v- W& |5 d4 Y* {5 ?; `6 Y
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you., Z4 l1 @* ~& g
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% S: R# S% K" f! N" s
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.! o+ L9 i5 k# s; d& }
教养与别人抵触,智慧和自己抵触. A- d- q/ D; b6 C1 n- W
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
* R0 V+ Z8 _( e恨是盲目的,爱也是, W' q/ W1 T% x" J
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.& C6 q+ ~1 ^2 y, |* Q5 V# }
注意穿着打扮是必要的,而有个生活目标却不是! h4 K6 n" F( C3 ]1 j- Y
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.0 h3 J( T' W% W2 x
宽恕你的敌人,没什么能比这个让他们苦恼的了
) c- h" X( B& h0 C% e. H2 {Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them+ Q2 q1 G& T$ R1 M! i/ ?/ l1 ^- 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
- x, i) O7 _6 f% E( V3 {There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.2 E. a4 ^: A+ z7 q7 r
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.( j: f' N4 w I7 K* \/ P K: d$ c
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world6 r, ]1 c- f: K& i$ ?
calls a romance.
; n! o" o6 |! \; H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$ d7 i$ i( |: Q! q
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
# b" U- e0 ]8 P- m; z# w* Q+ X绅士就是从不无意识伤害别人感觉的人# h. {3 Z& u) @. r5 W. [
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative
7 y, `) h. l5 w2 k谈论天气是无趣谈话最后的避难所, } F5 v) l3 P
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead
& ~9 ^7 Y( e4 N/ |6 S5 c/ c真实生活就是我们不会引领的生活+ C3 c. B1 W4 X$ m7 P+ t- E
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others; ?0 T, a: C# g
邪恶是好人发明出来说明那些奇异而有魅力的人的神话; g2 W9 T2 e$ T( G' U4 Z. K% l
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