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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.$ Y( U) \$ v* }- j0 j
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. : ?/ B- ^8 W& F* p
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.4 Q+ y8 v! P/ r1 a
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
1 N5 l! n4 ^# ^I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit
( o: U" @; S( Y7 L" U1 G- F我提供给你们的是你们没勇气去犯的罪0 S* J, h- x- t0 U* v- P" d% A$ E
One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about% A; t$ K. @" ?
总是善待别人的人对什么都不在意. x9 t9 t8 J6 T& A, G
We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the
. j" `' p# M* B% S" ~: YGreeks.
! J( a w. ^0 @# m* w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% x& r. P% r! k8 \( W% X/ q( `8 D
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
$ \ M3 O4 ~; q: s3 o痛苦的审判是那些虚伪的祝福
6 i6 X+ }' z/ O$ V6 ^/ tThe advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
0 B1 l$ \- h% p情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途- _& V3 ]' m; j9 [ S- M0 y
Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.: [; Y1 Y) c9 t! w
请不要射击钢琴师,他已经尽力了.
# |+ |0 @; F/ d$ B. c; l2 FThe heart was made to be broken
+ [1 k4 L) ]0 _9 V% i) k心是用来碎的* r. l' i6 `8 |8 R" E
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
! x1 B( |" J7 e: d* | H公众是惊人地宽容,可以原谅一切除了天才1 d& G5 w. |) V/ @: l: J
Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.! w2 ?, ~1 M% V p. D" @
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( b& ^- A! p7 A' k' E: Y
Why was I born with such contemporaries% L6 n) ]$ G' k2 Q" Q
为什么我会和这么多同代人一块出生呢?
P. ^: d% Z5 GA poet can survive everything but a misprint.; j7 U" G2 D5 Z- D& v6 i5 U$ P
诗歌可以拯救一切除了印刷错误7 h: x/ J7 _: z1 {
Only the shallow know themselves.+ f/ @2 w9 c0 G6 i6 F
只有影子才懂他们自己# y; d; k; Q0 ^
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
( a; ^, L* W7 N. b2 z摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是被被诱惑,我能抗拒一切除了诱惑.
6 O5 k$ r+ B3 ~5 e0 rDiscontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation! f, @5 f$ U, ?$ L6 h
不满是进步中的人或民族的第一步
! `6 p" j( q8 F+ wI like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.: d- @/ m4 k' j% l
我喜欢和自己说,因为节约时间和预防争论1 U/ d4 l0 D, p- q( a, s
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit. b: ?6 {/ \# h3 e% `( _
格言是智慧耐用的替代品
8 E v w/ C9 }! ^" G7 RA 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
* H& F! s6 }. ^ p+ gworld.
# C6 R6 o* p6 h6 u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
0 J# f5 d/ |1 ~Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.% I) \5 T9 [9 w- C/ Z$ p
每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来 k! n2 {- u, F% D8 d- F9 J
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.$ l$ s! Q8 R* C9 w$ W( K4 j
活着是世上最珍贵的,大多数人只是存在,仅此而已., L/ n" P) Y9 R
I have nothing to declare except my genuis. L! b" [; L# ~ |3 Z( f
我没什么好宣告的,除了我的天才
- O% V# l1 u7 J; r' Y* SI like men who have a future and women who have a past$ ^0 l9 z: X/ n( |0 Y+ D
我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人/ ]; t' k/ u4 o: [2 ?7 H0 l
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
8 b. @1 U& o. i; e悲观主义者是那种有机会选两种不幸而全都选择的人
0 F N/ E. L# V: Q( RSociety exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
! E0 ]( J+ l$ E( B5 f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. d8 \0 ~6 C ?5 ~1 D: W" X
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
U4 e/ P7 J& E3 B$ \$ n& V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
' N4 a% ]9 `& ]* e4 a; {I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
& A2 @3 e3 @4 T0 t, m. Y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 U6 o8 ~3 V2 i! Y/ A3 F) O5 O L
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
* F/ {1 P4 {$ j2 y是忏悔而不是牧师给我们赦免# ?4 Q2 K- W0 ~" j; b: g* i
I don't want to earn my living; I want to live
* _" @. a0 h: f+ L我不想谋生,我想生活
" C% z9 c" L6 n6 z) O4 \; h8 iModeration is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.# ^5 z4 d4 }( o: J
适度是致命的,没有什么事想过剩那么成功.
& ?( F/ w" o9 [3 b* iThe only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.. `+ B2 I* q5 P7 m7 {' s" G
比讨论更坏的唯一的事情是不讨论
- I$ F" N1 D3 H, E, uWhen the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers, V8 G3 B) m: j( x, k
当神想惩罚我们的时候,他回应我们的祈祷; g3 l& z! {1 `' R( J$ H
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.; k6 g& s5 S6 d0 n3 i- b/ 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?2 w- t2 H6 z! P, Z' z# n |
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction
, ^8 Y; ~7 V+ g: y- Q h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
$ ]8 I5 w7 e3 `8 d0 A: dNothing is so aggravating than calmness.
3 I0 t1 h4 I7 ^2 @. C没有比冷静更让人恼火的
1 _2 C# i( e2 Z. Q- ~, B+ aPopularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
8 T) Q; X5 t/ O/ _) L声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一! p# \# A: [3 O$ V6 e1 K
The truth is rarely pure and never simple
: {! Z+ i; m" b4 t真理很纯粹,可决不简单
7 f6 I# Y: r8 ? Z9 A4 e6 ORidicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities." s8 x# I" y7 n1 i$ w5 d; p) E
奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌
0 J% r; B3 ^4 \( iTo do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual, A9 U0 a2 ?- |& j2 F. X
什么也不做是世上最难的事情,最难也最智力5 c+ w( C3 ?, S. F4 S- P
A true friend stabs you in the front./ s8 k/ O n# l% M% g0 b2 \+ G* T& e
真朋友当面中伤你
& q: U* K7 A3 x. g9 ?$ p& TOrdinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.+ ?! F1 X0 |4 N2 h
普通财富会失窃,真财富不会,你灵魂里面无限珍贵的东西不会离开你
4 f4 Q5 F" ^0 s; ]4 [3 v; h" VThe well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
4 @( N' {2 P/ w) d教养与别人抵触,智慧和自己抵触, w+ h; K- u. M* E2 U
Hatred is blind, as well as love.0 k( ]& P9 t. K/ S% P; V1 V
恨是盲目的,爱也是3 h, U( F9 Z1 ]2 ^) [
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
0 u# a( b" _; ], z1 L! _0 N! p注意穿着打扮是必要的,而有个生活目标却不是
, m& s7 F2 j5 ]# sAlways forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.3 B+ A ]% X0 [, D
宽恕你的敌人,没什么能比这个让他们苦恼的了1 _' x+ B5 y, f" E( Q6 ?8 H6 ?
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them
/ y" T5 e# o" j) m. A孩子最初爱他们父母,等大一些他们评判父母,有些时候,他们原谅父母
6 R8 X3 z- x( oThere are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
% k$ \) v- S+ X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 U) `4 Z& g% d) J5 n# a) Z Y
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world
9 J7 W/ n5 ]3 N7 t2 q4 r# qcalls a romance.% O: M" l* Q# g% r) E, O& B
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 o+ r: t8 Z/ a. v" e$ K, ]- p; IA gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.; h, [1 q; y: w5 _/ X/ ^& U! |/ r
绅士就是从不无意识伤害别人感觉的人/ H# |) e# |( p: A" l
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative
' A ~6 W, Z9 y3 Z& h3 A% o( P" E/ I谈论天气是无趣谈话最后的避难所5 O# z6 U/ O _7 P8 m F! a- z4 o
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead3 G( ~2 ]# u2 A. g; r
真实生活就是我们不会引领的生活( o/ f4 j _5 Z" v. g" O$ I
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others$ ]; @! ~) W# @/ O. C% g$ 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1 z$ Z2 o+ L6 H/ M0 b8 ~* p- X
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