西洋幽默语录(之一百一十九)
伏尔泰 (VOLTAIRE), 1694-1778
法国政治哲学家, 历史学家, 讽喻作家, 剧作家,
散文作家, 和小说家
My life’s dream has been a perpetual nightmare.
我一生的梦一直都是恶梦.
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.
原创只不过是适当的模仿吧了.
Satire lies about literary men while they live, and eulogy lies about
them when they die.
讽刺欺骗了文学家, 当他们生时, 而颂词欺骗了他们, 当他们死时.
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
作为一个沉闷的人, 秘密在於讲话没完没了.
The superfluous: a very necessary thing.
累赘: 一种非常需要的东西.
To forgive our enemies their virtue – that is a greater miracle.
原谅我们的敌人是他们的美德 – 这是一个更大的奇迹.
When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
当这是一个钱的问题, 每个人都是同一信仰.
A woman can keep one secret – the secret of her age.
女人可以守一个秘密 – 她的年龄的秘密.
When he who hears doesn’t know what he who speaks means, and when he who
speaks doesn’t know what he himself means – that is philosophy.
当他听不懂他说的是什么意思, 当他说的连他自已也不懂是什么意思 – 这就是哲学了.
We use ideas merely to justify our evil, and speech merely to conceal
our ideas.
我们利用思考, 只是为了我们的恶行辩护, 我们利用讲话, 只是为了掩护我们的思考.
