All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

  • -- Oscar Wilde 奥斯卡王尔德

我想指出的是,生活模仿艺术远远超过艺术模仿生活的一般原则。

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There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.

人生有三个原则:思想原则、言语原则和行动原则。我和我的同胞们之间所有冲突的根源就是我不说我想说的话,也不做我想做的事。

I had to be intellectually satisfied as well as emotionally because at that time of life one doesn't just fall into it in adolescent emotion, and I was satisfied at every point that it was the one way and the hard way to do things.

我必须在智力上和情感上都感到满足,因为在那个时候,一个人不只是沉浸在青春期的情感中,我对每一点都很满意,那就是这是一种做事的方式,也是一种困难的方式。

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion.

对我来说,教育是学生灵魂深处的一种引导。对麦凯小姐来说,这是对一些不存在的东西的投入,而这不是我所说的教育。我称之为入侵。

I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general.

作为司法部长,我不能这么做。为什么?因为他们是我的客户。你不能说当你是司法部长的时候他们没有做他们应该做的事。

The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.

例如,批评原则要求审查不同时期的贡献,从而在某种程度上着手于历史语言学。

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎,但他承认,在分析中,有些数据也站不住脚。

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

我想,没有什么,甚至没有犯罪,比这种没完没了的工作更反对诗歌,更反对哲学,更反对生活本身了。

You can hit the gym every day for the rest of your life, But unless you work out your mind, you won't get very far.

你可以在你的余生每天都去健身房,但是除非你锻炼你的大脑,否则你不会走得太远。

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

一般的陈述忽略了我们真正想知道的东西。有些马跑得比其他马快。

Telling someone to chill out when they're upset usually just makes them more upset.

让某人在难过的时候冷静下来通常只会让他们更难过。

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

当我们拒绝表扬的时候,那只是表示我们渴望第二次被表扬。

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

一个人愿意做他自己,这是幸福最重要的一点。

I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.

我查了一下我的家谱,发现我是树液。

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

生活不是模仿艺术,而是模仿糟糕的电视节目。

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

害怕比被爱安全得多。

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

诸神之中,唯有死亡不渴求恩赐。

Little by little, one travels far.

一点一点地,一个人走得很远。