西洋幽默语录(之八十五)
拿破仑 (NAPOLEON, Bonaparte), 1769-1821
法国国王
Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
医生甚至比我们将军得负责更多在另外一个世界的人的命.
Rascality has limits; stupidity has not.
流氓行为有限度; 愚蠢则无.
Soldiers win battles and generals get the credit.
军人打胜战, 将军得功劳.
奥登纳什 (NASH, Ogden), 1902-1971
美国幽默诗人
Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them.
婚姻是两个人的结合, 其中一个永远不记得生日, 另一个永远忘不了.
乔治纳丹 (NATHAN, George Jean), 1882-1958
美国编辑, 作家, 和戏剧评论家
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
坏官员是由没投票的好公民选出来的.
He writes his plays for the ages – the ages between five and twelve.
他写戏剧给有年龄的人看 – 那些年龄介於五到十二岁之间.
An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.
一个乐观者相信飞蛾在寻找一条可飞出去的路.
比维利尼可斯 (NICHOLS, Beverley), 1899年生
英国小说家和散文作家
Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.
婚姻是一本书, 第一章是以诗写的, 其馀的篇章是以散文写的.
When a woman is wearing shorts her charms are enlarged without being enhanced.
女人穿短裙会扩大她们的诱惑力, 但不会加强.
The worst thing you can possibly do to a woman is to deprive her of a grievance.
对一个女人, 你可能做的最坏一件事是, 剥夺她的诉苦.
