西洋幽默语录(之一百零四)
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
Men like conventions because men made them
男人喜欢集会, 因为男人制造它们.
The most anxious man in a prison is the warden.
监狱中最不安的人是狱长.
My specialty is being right when other people are wrong.
我的专长是当其他人错时我做对.
My way of joking is to tell the truth; it’s the funniest joke in the world.
我开玩笑的方法是讲真话; 这是世界上最好笑的笑话.
Obscenity can be found in every book except the telephone directory.
淫猥可以在每一本书里找到,除了电话簿之外.
The 100 per cent American is 99 per cent an idiot.
一百巴仙的美国人九十九巴仙白痴.
Put an Irishman on the spit, and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.
抓个爱尔兰人来让人唾吐, 你常可以找到另一个爱尔兰人来玩弄他.
Science is always wrong: it never solves a problem without creating ten more.
科学时常是错误的: 它每解决一个问题,总要制造多十个.
There is only one religion, though they are a hundred versions of it.
宗教只有一种, 虽然它有一百个版本.
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to brother about whether you are happy or not.
烦恼的秘密是因为有空闲的时间去胡思乱想, 到底你快乐不快乐.
Success covers a multitude of blunders.
成功包含许多的错误.
The test of a man or woman’s breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.
一个男人或女人的涵养,从他(她)们在争吵中的态度,可以看得出来.
There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.
最佳的保秘莫过於每个人都在猜测的秘密.
There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
没有任何爱比爱美食更诚心诚意.
There is not much harm in a lion; he has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry, no gentility.
狮子并不足为害; 它没有理想, 没有宗教信仰, 没有政治立场, 没有侠义心,没有出身名门.
