西洋幽默语录(之三十九)
尚法勃尔 (FABRE, Jean Henri), 1823-1915
法国昆虫学家
History records the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat.
历史记载皇族私生子的名字, 但却不能告诉我们小麦的来源.
乔治法古海 (FARQUHAR, George), 1678-1707
英国剧作家
Cupid is a blind gunner.
丘比特是个盲射手.
When the blind lead the blind, they both fall into matrimony.
当盲人带领盲人, 他(她)们掉进了婚姻.
There is no form of prayer in the liturgy against bad husbands.
在祈祷文里没有任何祈祷的方式是对付坏丈夫的.
法兰西斯芬尼隆 (FENELON, Francoise),1651-1715
法国大主教和作家
The more you say, the less people remember.
你说得越多, 人们记得越少.
尤金菲尔德 (FIELD, Eugene), 1850-1895
美国新闻记者和幽默作家
Any colour, so long as it’s red, is the colour that suits me best.
什么颜色都好, 只要是红色, 这颜色最适我意.
The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away.
他捉过最大的鱼是那些漏网之鱼.
The size of a woman’s stomach depends largely on her surroundings.
女人腹部的大小主要得视她处的环境而定.
亨利菲尔汀(FIELDING, Henry), 1707-1754
英国小说家
Beauty seldom recommends one woman to another.
美丽很少从一个女人推荐给另一个女人.
Every physician almost hath his favourite disease.
每个医生几乎都有他们偏好的一种疾病.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
恋爱和丑闻是茶余饭后最佳甜品.
How easy it is for man to die rich, if he will but be contented to live miserable.
一个人很容易死於富裕, 如果他受不了困苦的生话.
Money is the fruit of evil as often as the root of it.
金钱是邪恶的果实, 常常也是它的根源.
There is one fool at least in every married couple.
每对结了婚的伴侣至少有一个是愚笨的.
