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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.
: ]8 n9 {8 y$ r1 m" x( L! E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. % Q4 I- s; {7 N: c4 V" ~6 d
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
. x0 ^, N: ^( f! W- Z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6 Z4 r( s: k) P3 }( X: a" e: ^
I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit$ \5 E7 z, O4 B" q H+ @' C3 X
我提供给你们的是你们没勇气去犯的罪+ K6 ~) |, m+ ~. [, |
One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about
* B% F( x/ Z$ r; a5 ? R总是善待别人的人对什么都不在意! R( u n; h3 V. E9 d, M
We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the
& O9 d9 u5 t* H& B6 SGreeks.- \1 j1 M3 j- j& T: ~4 x6 V5 ]3 `6 U
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8 x- ]% Q) H7 C* F4 c7 k
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
1 k' I# d6 Z, Z' l" k6 X5 ?痛苦的审判是那些虚伪的祝福
/ W0 C* q# n- g5 M3 V( L1 L8 wThe advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
! {) a& p }" Z* f Z情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途0 y, ` {: ^' E* w# l9 U" y
Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
9 b2 C& i r5 ~2 P6 x; j请不要射击钢琴师,他已经尽力了.- b2 K9 V5 j" _+ B
The heart was made to be broken" g0 B' e& o2 }4 E+ l% G
心是用来碎的
% t0 ~$ D( }) }! D7 G3 ^. pThe public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.5 l; t5 b/ ^, }5 E. v
公众是惊人地宽容,可以原谅一切除了天才
$ N% |: [* l. `8 c6 g+ V$ ]Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
$ |' q& _; q( Q7 p5 p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 o- q$ l9 |. J: v6 K3 b5 `- kWhy was I born with such contemporaries8 a( M9 y" H, b) z0 @
为什么我会和这么多同代人一块出生呢?) l: a7 E% ~# b7 F7 Z) d: l; N
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.* W0 Y, ]/ e+ Z$ Y% ^/ u: o- t
诗歌可以拯救一切除了印刷错误
! ~3 W) ~* g7 D, J: T% F+ a: QOnly the shallow know themselves.3 I4 r* p( k+ K* W& U' o6 g
只有影子才懂他们自己
+ W! K0 Y7 N" j iThe only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
3 g& J6 ?2 x; e# M摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是被被诱惑,我能抗拒一切除了诱惑.
" Q/ B1 ~7 c# v1 z. W+ c; lDiscontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation
; x! r) O' h6 X2 S7 f不满是进步中的人或民族的第一步
4 T( ~( A3 D ]0 U/ b3 Q. U1 YI like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
3 T# z$ r6 I! g+ D我喜欢和自己说,因为节约时间和预防争论
$ ]3 _1 T- W. k4 H! U5 c& `) MQuotation is a serviceable substitute for wit- w' y {1 t# F+ n+ S- S$ t
格言是智慧耐用的替代品/ ]$ h { ?5 n( [
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
/ ^( y0 `: K; O' X" u- P' n5 mworld.
( `* B8 T/ {( c. D( _5 m, B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# R2 y% G) {: l) X
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.4 t c0 h% ~( L+ G2 P8 b9 |
每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来
: @- o/ G, u; W4 dTo live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.) ]; R$ |9 F# E+ T+ C
活着是世上最珍贵的,大多数人只是存在,仅此而已.
( E1 t5 U) q6 b9 D8 eI have nothing to declare except my genuis.
p' q, X) q2 p0 Q* t U3 k我没什么好宣告的,除了我的天才3 l: x# [7 Z2 ^! D+ g
I like men who have a future and women who have a past
0 ]% L6 u/ @6 y! l* n) Q& K6 |, [我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人
: d0 R6 O9 K5 E9 `, V. e4 zPessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
3 B: d+ I" t3 u5 v悲观主义者是那种有机会选两种不幸而全都选择的人9 C( O; w% n3 G$ M) |
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.0 G d5 k2 D. x4 o5 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5 t. u3 `+ |/ o0 B+ G' U ~( E
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
9 e1 B% }( M' [+ n6 W! ~0 S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
) W, U) o; b. G7 z$ E# ~9 t4 `' \9 |I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
# K3 `5 L: F3 I( B1 t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 ~& Z0 G$ O K# b# V' r
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution" r9 o+ f# W! S9 Y5 Z% S' [
是忏悔而不是牧师给我们赦免5 ?4 A4 f0 j4 z9 J, S
I don't want to earn my living; I want to live( t% f3 P N- c8 D" j( W0 r
我不想谋生,我想生活 x! |+ ~3 Z6 i0 V& n2 {+ ]
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.; U+ d! E! w! M. j2 a, h! |
适度是致命的,没有什么事想过剩那么成功.
% z5 a1 I3 I3 c1 DThe only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
# s3 }6 e$ {( B6 s2 d比讨论更坏的唯一的事情是不讨论$ c7 t% b' [9 }$ t) R- o& n: _
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers; k+ N7 r2 ^+ v) n
当神想惩罚我们的时候,他回应我们的祈祷
, L, ]4 f$ d3 o$ _' fHow 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.
' J0 S& Y9 x" h. t( \* g) B [3 o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?4 l& |* f4 r* [$ d4 C. f3 X( P2 o
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction9 a6 M/ b ?) x. A" g1 L$ e$ 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- u# S1 y- p' w( I
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.7 @, @' }8 Y$ a
没有比冷静更让人恼火的 X/ m; c1 W. j2 v: t8 g
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
1 E' e* t0 t- ?; f0 q声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一
, Q# S, I5 K% BThe truth is rarely pure and never simple' M# U1 ^( a4 F
真理很纯粹,可决不简单
- l6 h7 E9 d) q3 q) n4 }Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
1 l$ ?% Z) S9 Q- H1 o9 W8 \9 n奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌
( u: [( |" `2 w _% E+ _To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual
5 u) F- s7 z1 [6 } x! J什么也不做是世上最难的事情,最难也最智力8 m6 E$ j6 L5 b) e& {! S0 @
A true friend stabs you in the front.
8 u( l' p' w4 y( A2 W真朋友当面中伤你6 }- ^* e; V$ [$ Q. k+ T5 b
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.- @. g# t; {6 w* T7 k, N
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
0 y( ]- L, p1 o2 K1 [" q* k$ H* cThe well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.8 `8 v/ B, w9 M
教养与别人抵触,智慧和自己抵触
/ Y: A3 U3 ~! i( m1 o3 d7 |9 f$ X% OHatred is blind, as well as love.
9 g" e! d! o3 w恨是盲目的,爱也是, Z2 T+ T& @' s7 M
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
7 l G2 B7 j+ h+ @; J; Q. ~注意穿着打扮是必要的,而有个生活目标却不是
* S5 t0 R7 m; IAlways forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. y# S G+ N3 ~3 n/ S
宽恕你的敌人,没什么能比这个让他们苦恼的了& ?9 u9 Q i/ }; o* f
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them
7 g5 O$ M! w" J+ _3 n* p+ s7 V: |, Q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, G( | L9 q4 I0 E. ~8 N
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
2 D, \0 |6 V* Z$ b# M* D5 H- Y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.
* |# g( [" w |7 ^. JWhen one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world' K1 f5 U4 F8 p% y
calls a romance.$ M4 ~- r7 a: T0 s" f
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
. r, X9 ?3 L2 P$ f" e$ _( S4 T! C0 Z' ZA gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
7 M- {- }: U3 ` s* x绅士就是从不无意识伤害别人感觉的人
: F; Z" }5 o6 b* C7 N, ^Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative
- C5 }# h$ P# G$ C5 `谈论天气是无趣谈话最后的避难所
: P, C; e3 L% F+ j7 aOne's real life is often the life that one does not lead
- ~; ]- N! \, t/ i3 v真实生活就是我们不会引领的生活$ M( ^. ]9 n- s
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others
) T* J1 p( f; q! y% m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 W! q+ I0 Y9 W9 z- R; n1 }9 P9 ~Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography |
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