西洋幽默语录(之九十六)
富兰克林罗斯福 (ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
美国总统
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.
一个保守的人有一双完美的脚, 却不曾学会走路.
A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backward.
复古派是一个向后走的梦游者.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
当你走到你的绳索的尽头, 务必打个结, 然后拉紧不放.
杜鲁道罗斯福 (ROOSEVELT, Theodore), 1858-1919
美国总统
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
一个从没上过学校的人可能偷辆货运车, 但一个受大学教育的人可能偷整条铁道.
The most successful politician is he who says what everybody is thinking most often and in the loudest voice.
最成功的政客是他说出大家最常想的, 而且用最大的声音.
I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.
我觉得只有一种品性较硬心肠还坏, 那就是软弱的脑袋.
罗西尼 (ROSSINI, Gioacchino Antonio), 1792-1868
意大利歌剧作曲家
How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers.
歌剧如果没有歌手将多妙.
埃蒙罗斯丹 (ROSTAND, Edmond), 1868-1918
法国诗人和剧作家
To offend is my pleasure; I love to be hated.
得罪他人是我的乐趣; 我喜欢被人痛恨.
卢梭 (ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques), 1712-1778
法国哲学家和作家
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
快乐: 一个好的银行户口, 一个好的烹调食物, 和一个好的消化系统.
There is a period of life when we go backwards as we advance.
人生有一个时段, 当我们越往前进, 就越往后退.
To write a love letter we must begin without knowing what we intend to say, and end without knowing what we have written.
写一封情书, 我们必须在开始时不知要讲什么, 而在结束时又不知我们写些什么.
Take away from learned men the pleasure of making themselves heard, learning would then be nothing to them.
拿掉我们有识之士好出风头的乐趣, 学习对他们而言就没什么意义了.
