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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." d+ [) C5 R* V4 O
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. ( p4 w$ G& J/ f% \4 y6 c' D
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
, g& [& l; r; Y7 u% _ k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
7 h4 e+ w8 H. ?2 |I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit3 X& x; a T) B* K
我提供给你们的是你们没勇气去犯的罪
' ?" [1 V4 O2 \8 ?9 l9 `* M% pOne can always be kind to people one cares nothing about8 X7 }, o2 j F" p3 ?4 T1 C
总是善待别人的人对什么都不在意
7 h, X- p# n6 XWe Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the+ E( t$ F" `# o
Greeks.
5 n: S2 n: c \- t# T' T2 Y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
% ?1 [; T3 t, B# I( tWhat seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
% y6 J" {# J: k- Y痛苦的审判是那些虚伪的祝福
* k8 H4 w( x- {6 TThe advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
2 H7 _+ A. E( ?/ Z8 ?情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途7 b4 P7 m! u/ R+ v. f5 ], B
Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.) G% `. x H+ D6 ?" g4 x/ E
请不要射击钢琴师,他已经尽力了.
4 {5 @+ C1 x( |8 w) k6 tThe heart was made to be broken/ l3 q2 z! e+ [' ^
心是用来碎的- L# |/ [7 x* Q! M( ?
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.% ^2 Y5 y; I/ a+ p' A: ^% n( |2 Q: a
公众是惊人地宽容,可以原谅一切除了天才
$ W" l! t) M1 w: m4 w/ ]1 G: dReligions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.- [. ?9 |- D; F, b* ^# U
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
6 W# D. o* _. \- cWhy was I born with such contemporaries1 J- A" s: R5 z% Y
为什么我会和这么多同代人一块出生呢?" E$ V, b4 R# ` l
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.6 e$ }" L' T* W: Q+ ~ W
诗歌可以拯救一切除了印刷错误
l/ F! v. a% l4 x- }$ u: H' vOnly the shallow know themselves.
; s9 t+ E ^8 J# M7 H& }- _只有影子才懂他们自己2 w$ T; r4 H& v7 [9 Q
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation., ~8 Y9 H1 ^) s R8 A. r
摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是被被诱惑,我能抗拒一切除了诱惑.
( N6 G& ]: v; i p; w# I; d) e- WDiscontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation
: s1 p) D9 a. G& g) `不满是进步中的人或民族的第一步6 x& j' e4 A* [% h. L; B- z
I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
7 [ m5 n8 l# Q3 Y o) J, ?我喜欢和自己说,因为节约时间和预防争论
' h9 Y o6 n0 X0 {0 E& SQuotation is a serviceable substitute for wit
7 ~% O7 l% d9 U( I& B) x格言是智慧耐用的替代品
& D) G9 F" A# OA 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* Q0 O( h1 T6 N8 D
world.# v6 A1 W: z/ D; t& k% N
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
. X# L- D$ ^! g5 pEvery saint has a past and every sinner has a future.+ N6 b. V, j1 p" [" g0 D+ O
每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来2 l: R5 w; {6 i+ L6 G/ p" N
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.& z9 g2 d W$ k( H9 W9 d3 ~" ^
活着是世上最珍贵的,大多数人只是存在,仅此而已.
& j# c$ {! S( G L XI have nothing to declare except my genuis.
& w* i3 B3 s: N' x我没什么好宣告的,除了我的天才0 v/ A- M8 p0 q2 y [5 Y) A D1 o
I like men who have a future and women who have a past
& D6 ]% i8 g4 L4 l) N' K6 f我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人
" N c. }# B* {. d& b5 O& ], w5 nPessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.) K# V, ~; C% n! A. q8 l
悲观主义者是那种有机会选两种不幸而全都选择的人
" [- Z3 s6 O0 P3 O3 |: NSociety exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
; v3 P8 E1 `5 p. D7 y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 Q6 x* d6 [% F9 HWhat is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing& \4 ? z, B$ L+ @
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& z4 d" g0 A9 N7 `3 o+ Z
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
( X8 I1 z: y# `1 |$ W3 X; o9 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
$ {, r0 @9 k9 T+ P" @; T$ b$ zIt is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
, G* h: D m2 h+ d1 W是忏悔而不是牧师给我们赦免
% [# ^8 m7 {1 sI don't want to earn my living; I want to live0 ]: g8 Z5 n1 t& Q U7 f
我不想谋生,我想生活
& A% g+ s* x# G( Y, b" TModeration is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.1 U( l+ g: U9 K4 c7 x f$ W
适度是致命的,没有什么事想过剩那么成功.
5 V' S) w! s; j* E, [6 kThe only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
# [( ]9 I, E3 k- p% O$ {, P# y比讨论更坏的唯一的事情是不讨论: ~ n7 Q' s' N* _
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers8 M4 R ~% c! r- p7 I8 Z* T/ Q
当神想惩罚我们的时候,他回应我们的祈祷
2 o$ o$ z. g! ZHow 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.
$ U- |. C9 F8 f* C! i) Z3 g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?' @& b# G2 L7 z1 V
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction
+ P6 M; k! |7 U9 D. ], L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
7 b* t4 v ~: A# QNothing is so aggravating than calmness.
: y+ Q |% e `/ W- V& r0 W没有比冷静更让人恼火的
. W! T) O7 X3 E! N9 `Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
( T; I: T& ]/ I w1 p声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一
; b" D$ y0 L& s6 }The truth is rarely pure and never simple
8 g5 O; ]5 V0 a真理很纯粹,可决不简单
; \7 S6 f! j* |6 m: n2 E$ l( zRidicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
3 o7 }" u. p2 u; r8 _$ F奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌1 c+ W. |! {0 Z
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual
s, k y. E! E0 V! i什么也不做是世上最难的事情,最难也最智力
( x1 C2 ^- S8 b H3 [A true friend stabs you in the front.* O$ S5 [7 W- s. K0 K4 O3 e) S
真朋友当面中伤你9 X0 x, v5 s/ `4 @* Z
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
% N7 M B" h0 x) E( M7 L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
" L l' v. R: E2 q& z, ?# LThe well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves./ @# v6 n3 Y# y1 g
教养与别人抵触,智慧和自己抵触
1 |# s/ ]; v, a: ?* NHatred is blind, as well as love.
/ T8 i6 v1 L8 X3 v# g恨是盲目的,爱也是; t& ?& u7 ~, P9 ]; W* O" i; _. t
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.: Y6 D: O- Q( y, G: y8 H7 I% ?9 Z
注意穿着打扮是必要的,而有个生活目标却不是
" p8 J: Q* L% c# fAlways forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
/ _" ^9 Q4 l& S- Q9 z! O. i$ k6 a宽恕你的敌人,没什么能比这个让他们苦恼的了' l9 N, Q! J" H$ t) O) j
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them
* {; Y7 \6 Y; Y" k6 }% G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7 w0 j5 C4 K2 ?4 ?. n
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.8 }- X' `* ?8 Y5 {' `
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.
$ x2 s1 T2 V8 r3 u' h) x( nWhen one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world, N9 R- E9 A/ _; \$ }; E2 `
calls a romance.
) `' ]& e: d. ?5 s8 A! ~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
9 b# Z& _9 ?3 G( ]& d6 RA gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.3 \$ j5 t. c+ R9 ]8 y
绅士就是从不无意识伤害别人感觉的人+ b- h5 k/ E9 h6 M, o, _
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative
4 L% |3 I" A+ u7 [谈论天气是无趣谈话最后的避难所2 V, P% m/ c- v% g' J% K0 s8 l
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead
7 e5 A8 m3 ~9 H8 t' I* V真实生活就是我们不会引领的生活+ [8 i5 T& P5 q: C1 ^
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others8 P9 d( u5 d# V6 Y
邪恶是好人发明出来说明那些奇异而有魅力的人的神话
, u6 B+ V, X# {2 e3 I- DEvery great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography |
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