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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.3 T& P) m3 W+ m# d$ q
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. 9 B6 z7 {9 l5 e" Q7 e
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
4 [5 F! X- Z5 \( c' w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5 W2 P% f$ X4 n5 X* X8 ~# {
I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit
. @' c9 V. c" c6 P6 N4 n+ W我提供给你们的是你们没勇气去犯的罪5 I# d* B j( b0 v! S2 |* K
One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about
: U ]) F/ H# s' Y总是善待别人的人对什么都不在意# w2 B$ B7 g! P% t) f8 f; p2 _
We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the5 m$ C- d$ g* O3 R, I
Greeks.2 ^& C' `9 l5 R& F
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
2 Z, h. U1 k5 b6 oWhat seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
( W+ s/ J! v& s6 H痛苦的审判是那些虚伪的祝福
0 Y. Q( q: b; m" Q# sThe advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
! C8 O: [: [7 _6 m, Z3 L. J8 V. \情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途
, j, y+ ~" }/ V4 i+ fPlease do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
: a, B2 b0 |9 p请不要射击钢琴师,他已经尽力了.
0 p0 V, [0 s' Y$ }* Q7 B% AThe heart was made to be broken2 s/ [6 k X E4 q5 o- D" p! Z7 ~
心是用来碎的( o$ ]. o/ G! i1 P, x+ j
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
! c9 M6 Q1 ~* x+ f. r) B% d2 K$ Z. i, }公众是惊人地宽容,可以原谅一切除了天才8 x3 o( P7 S7 u7 n, q+ c) u6 H
Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.6 u0 Y% }. {, p# w
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
1 _+ t* F, Z. F8 X) r7 Y/ `5 t ZWhy was I born with such contemporaries; ?0 v+ b; d- G0 s, R& J! ?2 B
为什么我会和这么多同代人一块出生呢?' q @ c5 h8 u" t: d+ v- S- Q9 j
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.8 P; z7 O0 m: b7 w
诗歌可以拯救一切除了印刷错误% Z: E r- {; ~: `8 F) [4 w) _
Only the shallow know themselves.
7 l# ^8 k+ q: T只有影子才懂他们自己& K$ N6 _, G4 P6 K9 b2 a0 H" |/ c
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.* e$ i$ v# m, Q& Q: r8 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.
' ?# s% A* d0 c( x0 GDiscontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation
1 m9 X5 e: @5 |8 v0 j不满是进步中的人或民族的第一步$ ~; m ^6 I. k
I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
, B$ s' Z6 F" n. V" R7 y我喜欢和自己说,因为节约时间和预防争论
+ N- V) O+ A, |6 tQuotation is a serviceable substitute for wit
3 {( t" }/ s' K3 P格言是智慧耐用的替代品
$ M+ ?' E* ?* A' }$ G# 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
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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
7 y4 J3 j: Y5 Q& I9 q6 L- [Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
3 P" T! u. p& L. Y! ]' ~每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来1 h5 g' D8 x5 `& I7 B* Y( G
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.$ j6 G. a# a7 b3 L% F: q, e: K
活着是世上最珍贵的,大多数人只是存在,仅此而已.' Z4 n, G2 k$ |: v5 C
I have nothing to declare except my genuis.
1 A& o9 m. B# @+ | C7 H6 u我没什么好宣告的,除了我的天才, g* g) z/ H5 f, |
I like men who have a future and women who have a past5 L! l3 G9 S3 w) L: E
我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人
* L$ `. t8 G# `Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
' w+ `1 v ?4 t& M% s悲观主义者是那种有机会选两种不幸而全都选择的人
; i& U3 c m0 F9 DSociety exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.0 Z3 M$ p, {0 ]9 Z6 D: I$ Z0 a
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
: @6 b" }5 }9 Z; s8 [+ @What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
3 \% m* \- a$ t; ~! Q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
' _* {6 ]8 L/ r3 B7 l+ _6 f2 GI like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.# ^. d8 @9 E& w4 F# o% I
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 ?0 T' N' H& _( d% P2 K2 R5 K1 n# uIt is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
3 }2 P, _9 `- _0 U% L' e" s是忏悔而不是牧师给我们赦免
5 R2 e& P9 v6 k9 r. q9 E* E; F, cI don't want to earn my living; I want to live# v# M- @8 A' I1 E
我不想谋生,我想生活
0 C' i+ C" Q' v4 X! N, O& vModeration is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess., X; A/ t& P) @* a$ u9 ^( @
适度是致命的,没有什么事想过剩那么成功.
+ b" i# o% }* E9 bThe only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
2 s8 i9 O* \$ t5 Z, \" d0 \9 W$ S比讨论更坏的唯一的事情是不讨论5 N6 k0 R! _8 l- W! O7 Z& z
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers9 A3 r. E6 F6 K$ K0 x1 `+ L
当神想惩罚我们的时候,他回应我们的祈祷
0 L; Q Z0 v- {9 @: R @7 GHow 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.
! D; l- ^2 a4 ]: 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?+ \6 ~! z0 N6 v/ ]2 D( E
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction
$ M6 W% a4 s N9 f: @; s( `8 m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
& z; \# c8 d0 [: m& i8 j" vNothing is so aggravating than calmness.
5 K7 K) g. G! u( c* p( V% R没有比冷静更让人恼火的
5 R5 X# `3 \" `: e, KPopularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
! _" N" Z# n5 y: k, R声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一
0 B1 N+ N8 _ j8 gThe truth is rarely pure and never simple
+ f, I2 U; ^ E$ i9 T: u) |真理很纯粹,可决不简单
. w8 _9 E( B' ZRidicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
7 c. }4 m0 u; v m6 n9 H% o" |) n9 H奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌
- P( i! I+ l7 B0 _To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual2 C2 y! N$ a* x5 s) S& \
什么也不做是世上最难的事情,最难也最智力0 H8 ^6 |+ P& Z- m8 {) F
A true friend stabs you in the front.
7 j, l" c, j+ `4 l真朋友当面中伤你. \! G2 i7 w7 \9 `' [6 K$ e2 X
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
4 K/ f7 V% }' q* B- A% v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
; O) |/ \5 u, KThe well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.1 R5 [0 o( K) s3 g
教养与别人抵触,智慧和自己抵触- {. P8 b8 S- s, @" l0 Y! D
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
- V% i: O0 N; g* n恨是盲目的,爱也是. i, X* r; d. ]' E8 J3 {3 L/ S- L
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not., i" t/ x6 ]7 Q5 w! t4 C
注意穿着打扮是必要的,而有个生活目标却不是
" b0 D* U# C H3 T+ F& FAlways forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
' l ^6 a( d# w, b: G宽恕你的敌人,没什么能比这个让他们苦恼的了+ S- p j& p: A( c6 \4 L
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them2 Q0 O2 U4 T- Q- e# O2 T
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
0 f# d+ U4 G9 B$ M7 F" ZThere are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.0 W4 a. b' p; g8 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." A0 J- Q0 J! q$ e# N* c" T3 z6 W+ o
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world
% l: t9 ^- F1 v$ a: wcalls a romance.6 H: Y7 s7 a8 v' r' \8 T) V% d9 c
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
' G* ?& l8 C/ `: ZA gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
* D3 T4 G6 b" K7 d" n绅士就是从不无意识伤害别人感觉的人
$ J1 H) }( O+ t+ _9 d5 _1 K2 A, }. qConversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative
# r6 K! J* T. `) F1 Y9 e谈论天气是无趣谈话最后的避难所
% x& U+ |/ \/ Z2 P5 l: Y: xOne's real life is often the life that one does not lead7 j2 Q8 O$ L; C* v0 n' d/ j
真实生活就是我们不会引领的生活
% l. }6 r; K$ A" h9 Y1 dWickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others( `: d4 y. ^8 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
. l, x0 `( h" yEvery great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography |
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