Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

我现在看到,一般说来,讽刺是魔鬼的语言;因为这个原因,我早就干脆放弃了。

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I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his. It was interesting to see my own father as a son and the body language and alteration in attitude that comes with that, and it sort of changed our relationship for the better.

我在祖父去世前见到了他,那是我第一次看到父亲和他的一个亲戚在一起。很有趣的是,我把自己的父亲看作一个儿子,他的肢体语言和态度也随之改变,这让我们的关系变得更好。

If our most highly qualified General Staff officers had been told to work out the most nonsensical high level organization for war which they could think of, they could not have produced anything more stupid that that which we have at present.

如果我们最称职的总参谋部官员被告知要制定出他们所能想到的最荒谬的战争高级组织,他们就不会做出比我们目前所拥有的更愚蠢的东西了。

This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.

这个恶魔爱人类,因为人类总是会做出让他占据优势的选择。他已经赢得这场比赛很长时间了。

The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act.

理性的问题在于,当它拒绝采取行动时,它就变得毫无意义了。

There is no point in asking me general questions because I am always changing my mind.

问我一般性的问题是没有意义的,因为我总是改变主意。

A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.

许多暴政以保护的名义存在。

The devil says I'm out, but the Lord says I'm safe.

魔鬼说我出去了,但上帝说我很安全。

Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?

天哪,你是说这地方是个俱乐部?

Language is much closer to film than painting is.

语言比绘画更接近电影。

When we love there is no reason why.

当我们相爱时,没有理由。