西洋幽默语录(之九十一)
亚瑟宾尼罗爵士 (PINERO, Sir Arthur Wing), 1855-1934
英国剧作家
A financier is a pawnbroker with imagination.
金融专家是个有想像力的当店代理.
A married woman’s as old as her husband makes her feel.
一个已婚的女人, 丈夫让她感觉多老就有多老.
Regret is a woman’s natural food – she thrives upon it.
後悔是女人的自然食物 – 她对它生产旺盛.
How many ‘coming men’ has one know! Where on earth do they all go to ?
我们知道的 ‘末来精英’ 有多少! 他们倒底全都跑到那里去了?
威廉毕特 (PITT, William), 1759-1806
英国政治家和首相
Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
贫穷当然不是见不得人的事, 但它真是该死的讨人厌.
Don’t tell me of a man’s being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense – can he talk sense?
不要告诉我人是会讲道理的; 每个人都会讲道理 – 他真的会讲道理吗?
詹姆斯布兰爵 (PLANCHE, James Robinson), 1796-1880
英国剧作家
Better be an old man’s darling than become a young man’s slave.
作一个可爱的老人, 好过成为一个年青人的奴隶.
柏拉图 (PLATO), 427(?)-347 B.C.
希腊哲学家
A boy is of all beasts, the most difficult to manage.
在所有野兽中小孩是最难管的.
Poets utter great and wise things, which they do not themselves understand.
诗人讲出来的伟大和智慧的东西, 连他们自己都不了解.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
聪明人讲话,因为他们有话讲; 笨的人讲话, 因为他们必须讲些话.
爱伦坡 (POE, Edgar Allan), 1809-1849
美国诗人, 作家, 和编辑
The dearth of genius in America is owing to the continual teasing of mosquitoes.
在美国天才的缺乏是由於蚊子们不停的在嘲弄.
The people have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them.
人们和法律没有关系却得遵守它们.
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
我对愚笨的人有很大的信心; 自信心我的朋友这样称呼它.
