西洋幽默语录(之一百二十二)
卡罗琳威尔斯 (WELLS,
Carolyn), 1862-1942
美国幽默作家
Actions lie louder than words.
行动比文字大声.
A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong
time.
在对的时刻做错事, 比错的时间做聪明的事好.
A critic is a necessary evil, and criticism is an evil necessary.
批评者是必要的邪恶, 而批评是邪恶的必要.
Every dogma must have its day.
每个定理都有出头的一天.
Man’s importunity is woman’s opportunity.
男人的强求是女人的机会.
We should live and learn; but by the time we’ve learned, it’s too late
to live.
我们应该活到老学到老; 但当我们学会了却活不了.
At times there is nothing so unnatural as nature.
有时, 没有什么比自然更不自然的了.
Dead men sell no tales.
死人不会讲话.
何拔特威尔斯 (WELLS,
Herbert George),1866-1946
英国小说家, 历史学家, 和社会学家
She had a lot of fat that did not fit.
她有很多脂肪长在不适当处.
His studies were pursued but never effectively overtaken.
他的研究受到持续不断的求证, 但却从来不曾有效的被取代.
利百加卫斯特 ((WEST,
Rebecca), 1892-1983
英国小说家和评论家
He is every other inch a gentleman.
他的全身每隔一寸都是绅士.
He makes that insistence on privacy, which is the perverse demand of
those surfeited with public admiration.
他坚持保有私人空间, 这是那些过度受公众崇拜者不讲理的要求.
