西洋幽默语录(之五)
约翰阿布芝诺特 (ARBUTHNOT, John), 1667-1735
苏格兰医生和政治小册著者
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
所有政党最终将自食其果, 亡於它们自己的谎言.
Biography is one of the new terrors of death.
人物传记是死亡的一种新的恐怖.
派特罗阿历汀诺 (ARETINO, Pietro), 1492-1556
意大利讽刺文学家
If you want to annoy your neighbours, tell the truth about them.
假如你要刺激你的邻居, 就跟他们讲真话.
Wise is the young man who is always thinking of taking a wife, and never takes one.
聪明的年青人常想娶个妻子, 却从来不曾.
阿历士多德 (ARISTOTLE), 384-322 B.C.
希腊哲学家
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
荷马教会了其他诗人如何有技巧的说谎的艺术.
My friends! There are no friends.
我的朋友! 这里没有朋友.
麦克阿仁 (ARLEN, Michael), 1895-1956
英国小说家和剧作家
It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you are going away.
真奇妙, 当他们知道你要离开时, 怎么对你那么好.
She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.
她不但作了最坏的打算, 而且当真发生时, 还把事情弄得更糟.
苏菲阿奴尔特 (ARNOULD, Sophie), 1744-1802
法国歌剧明星和智者
Women give themselves to God when the devil wants nothing more to do with them.
女人把自己奉献给神, 当魔鬼不想和她们有任何瓜葛的时候.
Oh! The good old days when I was so unhappy.
啊! 旧日的美好时光我是那么的不快乐.
怀史丹奥登 (AUDEN, Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
英国诗人
A professor is one who talks in someone else’s sleep.
教授是一个在别人睡觉时讲话的人.
伍尔巴哈 (AUERBACH, Berthold), 1812-1882
德国小说家
What’s is all our knowledge worth? We don’t even know what the weather will be tomorrow.
我们所有的知识值多少? 我们甚至不知道明天是什么天气.
圣奥古斯汀 (AUGUSTINE, Saint), A.D.354-430
早期基督教堂的领袖之一
Give me chastity and self-restraint, but do not give it yet.
给我贞节和自抑, 但不要现在就给.
To abstain from sin when a man cannot sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
不沾罪, 当一个人己沾不了罪, 是被罪舍弃, 而非放弃它.
珍奥斯汀 (AUSTEN, Jane), 1775-1817
英国小说家
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
我这一生是个自私的人, 虽然实际上是, 而原则上不是.
A woman, especially, if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
特别是一个女人, 如果不幸懂得什么事, 最好尽量不要表现出来.
