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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.5 Q9 C% Q S% s* z1 d6 D( f
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' g9 G( C( z1 n4 I1 e- l$ w
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
6 C7 F+ g1 s8 k: y# i. N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
, a0 R+ N/ @ A1 D P& y* tI represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit( b9 k6 [; E O0 P" y M
我提供给你们的是你们没勇气去犯的罪/ R a; L& v) G, l
One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about
2 m! g/ j. R( C" `' \( c8 k8 w" O$ ^总是善待别人的人对什么都不在意
. R+ I. O+ f$ R( o; I8 D. ~ CWe Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the
2 D+ W3 B7 F, L- I* K' OGreeks.
2 c" I* \% K9 f" h2 ?% ~, J/ y; V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 ?) ~ m; {8 e! H6 oWhat seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
! h/ E% A% K4 L& V5 u' p: h痛苦的审判是那些虚伪的祝福+ _! v6 a& v# q% @) i, H' m
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.4 g8 m3 B8 i6 [! n/ `5 y* d% X4 y+ K
情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途
; `& }9 L" F* {" PPlease do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.$ V* s# F* {' m# B
请不要射击钢琴师,他已经尽力了.0 f% |4 q( v, j7 X, T* r0 F3 K
The heart was made to be broken% N7 n# O; B! D6 [7 I
心是用来碎的
+ c8 F. ^6 X) q: z6 f$ f1 MThe public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.+ I. a8 T. Q$ |) n/ _
公众是惊人地宽容,可以原谅一切除了天才
! n3 [% @+ k* q! ]" o/ p7 m/ qReligions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
# k) n1 Q+ F% e" J3 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
. h# Y1 z7 g! X# ]4 _& i; uWhy was I born with such contemporaries' o- b$ Q. B+ Q3 [+ @0 s
为什么我会和这么多同代人一块出生呢?
$ x4 R( k0 {* ?8 z& A% I6 IA poet can survive everything but a misprint." O9 r7 j+ i( h- c* A
诗歌可以拯救一切除了印刷错误. j9 h9 Y! p( {; l( ]
Only the shallow know themselves.; n4 a1 E, B6 T* k) W2 H
只有影子才懂他们自己/ l8 d* Z, @; D8 a- ~, `/ Q! \
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
I& u" a: a, g3 V9 H2 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.
7 ^6 k$ W" Y" Z& N% n! h9 sDiscontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation
0 E+ k {3 V& \, ^" n不满是进步中的人或民族的第一步
* R) I$ N6 E& P/ i7 s3 _ @1 cI like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.1 {% w8 d. L0 ^' H" }0 h; m( q
我喜欢和自己说,因为节约时间和预防争论- Q5 ?: j4 I% A* V
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit% X8 p, m( ?, C8 F/ N! G+ x) o. u
格言是智慧耐用的替代品
) d1 M: x- D% A8 P# Y0 `. k# gA 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$ j% N/ E! S$ i- n
world.+ H1 s' N) N8 I2 W2 M% C
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. R" N3 z9 t1 B: z
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.2 s7 v* F3 f3 G8 T! h* d( ~! |1 ?
每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来/ F$ X9 p' Z0 S: |7 `, M
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
) n& D% J4 \& {# e' M* B9 B8 u活着是世上最珍贵的,大多数人只是存在,仅此而已.
* Q. a+ I* l4 m g0 s; GI have nothing to declare except my genuis.
8 F' ]% G: z! l我没什么好宣告的,除了我的天才# K/ {6 H( {5 q
I like men who have a future and women who have a past! x& y! `' p. ^( a( a& v) E' G
我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人
) r: |( U X( f: BPessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.; K$ h4 K# V+ h! U+ R0 t; c
悲观主义者是那种有机会选两种不幸而全都选择的人4 L+ S& X: u+ L j
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
2 B) r0 u9 j# H. |; x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
a6 M8 H( h/ U" r+ a, C0 oWhat is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
) F/ U* I6 ?6 b% D# 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
X. w( c0 \. [! _2 z/ vI like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.* l& t8 J. L/ J& @0 ?3 c
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
' J: q: f: n! S5 U0 \It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
/ J0 h- N3 c! Y9 \- {8 Y是忏悔而不是牧师给我们赦免0 f$ B' f8 N! J1 D9 W2 X: v
I don't want to earn my living; I want to live
8 e/ t0 ~) `9 P, N* {2 K我不想谋生,我想生活: U1 N. r1 s5 L& s6 i, p2 @
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.! T- S6 E: \7 x5 [! j8 |
适度是致命的,没有什么事想过剩那么成功.- U% x3 f! P" S2 E- A
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
! D# T* P F0 K比讨论更坏的唯一的事情是不讨论, }- R- `$ H" f; h- [# ^( i/ H
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers
) t# t+ s! G9 Q: A当神想惩罚我们的时候,他回应我们的祈祷
& E/ M7 ?2 F+ P0 cHow 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.
1 R5 F7 Q( O- Z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?! v2 v2 S3 i# i: H) }$ F, Z1 H9 R
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction1 P O$ G J1 X; ]! B
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
1 d: r: o6 A3 u( ZNothing is so aggravating than calmness.; r& w! E" E8 j1 h5 ~' ?
没有比冷静更让人恼火的) b7 L+ o7 ]. C; s
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.; d0 {8 K+ W6 c6 L1 m$ g; _" i
声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一, J8 d A4 i7 x+ C( i& b
The truth is rarely pure and never simple
1 h) d: A' V3 L3 n# H! b' z' K真理很纯粹,可决不简单
! D: V0 o1 ]* @0 K/ @4 g, YRidicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.. c6 U; c- q( E% d# T
奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌8 `1 S8 h* ~+ j8 a* V) {2 e* D
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual
4 y) r' d" ?" y& d什么也不做是世上最难的事情,最难也最智力/ N* \/ m- q- d. k4 R0 f; r6 Q: `
A true friend stabs you in the front.5 F% b3 u+ J2 T5 W
真朋友当面中伤你
+ M+ a7 k; |' Y1 n. Q: d1 Z/ fOrdinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
# ?. k% L( O R. k/ ~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
2 w& u* b! ]7 N3 {3 BThe well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.# I& B; S7 d2 U) @$ T
教养与别人抵触,智慧和自己抵触/ t2 f* g k e+ P3 c/ C1 w+ ]1 T
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
8 i$ h9 H2 S, y0 a5 B# ]8 U- S9 V恨是盲目的,爱也是
: n+ N5 @. G8 U% gLooking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.4 d0 q! [+ E' j8 v! w9 i
注意穿着打扮是必要的,而有个生活目标却不是
, h! q/ x$ O3 m( R* D. S' V' vAlways forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.' |% h; b/ ^% R: F( j1 C8 l$ B0 W
宽恕你的敌人,没什么能比这个让他们苦恼的了
- Y3 i7 J1 q. y9 R3 J6 WChildren begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them
$ M- k! ?7 ?! e1 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
1 _8 e. U# Z5 OThere are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
, X; S+ U1 q) W# b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.4 D/ V$ F! d& E/ x4 _1 P' v
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world
5 i" {. b1 f- s5 m, v. fcalls a romance.
5 g/ r- w( u# I$ f+ t3 O% e& i- R( D% _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7 b8 W3 c* S" n# a4 K
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
! }& i" K& u1 ^- R0 F$ P9 u绅士就是从不无意识伤害别人感觉的人
/ _' Q# s: h' L2 u; G( S# J" QConversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative
5 P% y2 F9 |8 _* n8 j$ P8 V谈论天气是无趣谈话最后的避难所8 \! r, A3 q! f6 M, T/ M9 G% y4 A+ [
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead4 v* O1 Y* b" s8 q4 n( [
真实生活就是我们不会引领的生活
, H8 s9 X+ q6 j6 f7 L XWickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others0 m; u' b/ Z. o* f/ x7 c$ 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
4 t* \- H% v2 ?! K- [Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography |
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