西洋幽默语录(之七十一)
拉洛士佛科 (LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Francois de), 1613-1680
法国警句作者
Everyone complains of his memory, no one of his judgment.
每个人申诉他的记忆力, 而没人申诉他的判断力.
A fashionable woman is always in love with herself.
一个时髦的女人永远爱上自已.
Gratitude is merely a secret hope of greater favours.
感激只是对更大的好处的一种秘密的希望.
He who is pleased with nobody is much more unhappy than he with whom nobody is pleased.
一个对每个人都不喜欢的人, 比一个别人都不喜欢他的人, 更加不快乐.
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
自夸造成更多的谈话,更少的机智.
Hypocrisy is the homage, which vice pays to virtue.
虚伪是恶向善敬礼.
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others would not harm us.
假如我们不自我吹捧, 其他人的奉承也就不会伤害到我们了.
If we had no faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in noticing the faults of others.
假如我们自已没有错, 看到其他人的错, 我们就应该少一点高兴.
If we judge love by most of its results, it resembles hatred rather than affection.
假如我们以大多数的结果来判断爱情, 它代表更多的是恨而不是爱.
In the misfortune of our friends we find something, which is not displeasing to us.
从我们最要好的朋友的不幸, 我们发现有些事对我们并非不愉快的.
It is far better to be deceived than to be undeceived by those whom we love.
被我们所爱的人欺骗, 远远好过被他们揭穿.
It is not always for virtue’s sake that women are virtuous.
妇女守贞并不常是为了道德的缘故.
It takes much cleverness to know how to conceal cleverness.
需要有很大的才智方懂得如何不露才智.
A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom satisfied with others.
一个时常对自已满意的人, 很少会对其他人满意.
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
大部分我们的错误, 比起我们利用各种方法来掩盖它们, 更值得原谅.
Most virtuous women like hidden treasures, safe only because they are not sought after.
大多守贞的妇女, 有如秘密的宝藏, 安全只因对她们没有需求.
Nothing prevents us from being natural so much as the desire to appear so.
我们希望自己表现得越自然越好, 因此没有理由可以阻止我们不这样做.
One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
你可以找到许多从不曾有过恋情的女人, 但真的更为稀奇的是, 找到一个只有过一次恋情的女人.
