西洋幽默语录(之九十二)
参宁普洛克 (POLLOCK, Channing), 1880-1946
美国评论家, 剧作家, 小说家, 和讲师
A critic is a legless man who teaches running.
评论家是教跑的无脚人.
He admits that there are two sides to every question – his own and the wrong side.
他承认每个问题有两面 – 他自已的和错的一面.
亚历山大颇普 (POPE, Alexandra), 1688-1744
英国诗人
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
历史充满狗儿多过朋友的忠实例子.
Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall never be disappointed.
无所求的人有福了, 因为他们从不失望.
威廉布列德 (PRAED, William Mackworth), 1802-1839
英国幽默诗人
Forgotten – like a maiden speech, which all men praise, but none remember.
健忘 – 如处女演讲, 所有人都赞美, 但无人记得.
乔治布连帝士 (PRENTICE, George D.), 1802-1870
美国新闻记者和幽默作家
Be gentle in old age; peevishness is worse in second childhood than in first.
在老年时要温和; 脾气暴躁在第二次童年比第一次还糟.
Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.
有些老年男女年纪越大越难相容; 他(她)们牙齿掉得越多, 他(她)们就咬得越厉害.
What man wants: all he can get; what woman wants: all she can’t get.
男人要的: 所有他能得到的; 女人要的: 所有她得不到的.
Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.
有些人用他一半的聪明掉入负债, 而另一半则用来避开还债.
约翰普利斯特利 (PRIESTLEY, John Boynton), 1894-1984
英国小说家, 剧作家, 和评论家
A loving wife will do anything for her husband except stop criticizing and trying to improve him.
一个可爱的妻子可以为丈夫做任何事, 除了停止批评或尝试改进他.
法兰西廓尔兹 (QUARLES, Francis), 1592-1644
英国诗人
Friendship will not continue to the end, which is begun for an end.
友谊将不会持续到永久, 如果它开始是为了达到永久.
