To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it,

  • -- Horace Walpole 霍勒斯·沃波尔

我所知道的最好的智慧,就是根据当时的情况,用常识行事;最好的哲学是尽自己的责任,顺其自然,恭敬地服从自己的命运;上帝保佑赐予我们如此多幸福的善良,

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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

当一个人从容地承受一个又一个重大的不幸时,他的灵魂之美就会闪耀出来,这并不是因为他没有感觉到这些不幸,而是因为他是一个具有高尚和英雄气质的人。

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

与其他表演艺术相比,对表演缺乏尊重似乎更多地源于这样一个事实:每个门外汉都认为自己是一个有效的批评家。

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.

但是,人类的经验通常是矛盾的,这意味着与当前的谈话甚至当前的哲学不一致。

Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.

摄影只能代表现在。一旦拍摄下来,主题就成为过去的一部分。

I always thought that common sense would prevail. But on a game show, there is no common sense.

我一直认为常识会占上风。但在游戏节目中,没有常识。

The brains of a fox will be of little service if you play with the paw of a lion.

如果你玩弄狮子的爪子,狐狸的大脑将毫无用处。

You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction.

你知道我是一名演员,我有台词奖章。

Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.

现在,我的摄影知识非常有限。

No non-poetic account of reality can be complete.

没有一种非诗意的对现实的描述是完整的。

Who except the gods can live without any pain?

除了神,谁能活得没有痛苦?