西洋幽默语录(之九十五)
山姆尔罗杰斯 (ROGERS, Samuel), 1763-1855
英国诗人
It does not much signify whom one marries, as one is sure to find next morning that it is someone else.
一个人和谁结婚并不那么重要, 因为第二天早上醒来, 他肯定会发现他已是另外一个人.
威尔罗杰斯 (ROGERS, Will), 1879-1935
美国幽默作家, 电影演员, 和讲师
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
每个人都是无知的, 只不过对不同的题目吧了.
Everything is funny, as long as it is happening to somebody else.
什么都是有趣的, 只要发生在别人身上.
I never lack material for my humour column when Congress is in session.
当国会开会时, 我的幽默专栏从不缺资料.
The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than gold has.
所得税在美国人之中造成的骗子, 比黄金造成的还要多.
One third of the people in the United States promote while the other two thirds provide.
在美国,有三份之一的人升迁, 而另外三份之二的人提供.
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
人们唯一不喜欢八卦是在你针对他们的时候.
Our foreign dealings are an open book – generally a checkbook.
我们的外交事务是一本公开的书 – 一般上是一本支票簿.
Spinning a rope’s a lot of fun – providing your neck ain’t in it.
旋转绳索趣味无穷 – 只要你的颈不在其中
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
国家所需要的是比较肮脏的指甲和比较清洁的思想.
With Congress, every time they make a joke it’s a law; and every time they make a law it’s a joke.
通过国会, 每次他们讲一个笑话, 就成了法律; 而每次他们制造一个法律,就成了笑话.
