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T.G.I.W——Thank Goodness It’s Weekend:)又是周日,循例贴几则我自己搜集翻译的另类名人、非名人箴言,老生常谈,谨祝各位周末愉快。
(1)定义和分析什么是幽默是缺乏幽默感者的游戏。
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
——Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945),美国作家
(2)俺不傻,就是知道太多没用的事儿。
I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
——Bill Watterson (1958 - ), 美国漫画家
(3)原谅一个敌人比原谅一个朋友容易。
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
——William Blake (1757 - 1827),英国艺术家
(4)世界上只有两类人:一类人相信世界上只有两类人;另一类人不相信世界上只有两类人。
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't.
——Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945),美国作家
(5)我很清楚我花在广告上的钱有一半都被浪费了,可惜我不知道到底哪一半被浪费了。
I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted. Now, if I only knew which half.
——John Wanamaker (1838 - 1922) ,美国商人
(6)我的数学水平不高,主要是因为下列三个原因: 第一是我根本对数学不感兴趣。第二是因为我什么都数不清楚。
——法国幽默
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1. An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion
but enjoys the scenery.
Walter Winchell (1897 - 1972) US broadcast journalist
乐观主义者:被狮子逼上了树却仍在欣赏风景的人。
2. A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist
is one who hopes they are. --Chauncey Depew (1834 - 1928) US
industrialist, politician
悲观主义者认为女人都是祸水,乐观主义者则希望如此。
3. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an
optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) English statesman
悲观主义者从每个机会中看到困难;乐观主义者从每个困难中看到机会。
4. My uncle is an optimist. He just asked the IRS to take him off
their mailing list.
Joe L. Griffith ( - ____)
我叔叔是个乐观主义者。他刚要求国税局把他从邮寄名单中除名。
5. The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an
optimist after it, he knows too little.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) US novelist, journalist, river pilot
48岁以下的悲观主义者是懂得太多;48岁以上的乐观主义者是懂得太少。