西洋幽默语录(之一百零二)
萧伯纳 (SHAW, George Bernard), 1856-1950
英格罗爱尔兰剧作家, 评论家, 小说家, 社会改革者, 和智者
Beauty is all very well at sight, but who can look at it when it has been in the house three days?
美丽乍见都是非常好的, 但当它在屋里己经三天, 谁还会看它一眼呢?
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those commence on themselves.
世界上最好的改革者, 都是那些从自己本身开始的.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books nobody can read.
书本检查最后将自食其果, 即无人可读任何书, 除了那些无人会读的书.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
民主己被由无能的大多数选举贪污的少数出任职务所取代.
The devil can quote Shakespeare for his own purpose.
魔鬼为了自已的目地也会引用莎士比亚.
Do not do unto others as you would they should do unto you; their tastes may not be the same.
已所不欲勿施於人; 每个人的口味可能不尽相同.
An Englishman does everything on principle: he fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles.
英国人做什么事都是有原则的: 他以爱国原则斗你; 以商业原则抢你; 以帝国原则奴役你.
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
每个人过了四十便是个无赖.
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
事情迟早会发生在每个人的身上, 只要有足够的时间.
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
初恋只是有点傻和很多的好奇.
Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich – something for nothing.
赌博向穷人保证, 他们可以有如富人在产业上的表现 – 如何从无中生有.
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
金科玉律就是没有金科玉律.
Greek scholars are privileged men; few of them know Greek, and most of them know nothing else.
希腊学者都是特权人物; 他们之中只有少数懂得希腊文, 而大多数对其他的一无所知.
He’s a devout believer in the department of witchcraft called medical science.
他是这个巫术部门, 称为医药科学的忠诚信徒.
He’s a man of great common sense and good taste – meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
他是一个普通常识精和品味佳的人 – 意思是说他这种人缺乏原创性或道德勇气.
He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches.
他行的话就去做; 他不行的话就去教.
