To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

对于一个寻欢作乐的人来说,他的每一分每一秒似乎都在虚度,因为他并不享受其中的快乐。

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I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; similarly as with animals, which meet us in very different forms, which look somehow harmonious however all. On exactly such forms I would stand.

我想,他们的外表也许也会显得那么与众不同,我倒不是没有同情心;就像动物一样,它们以不同的形式与我们相遇,无论如何看起来都是和谐的。我就站在这样的形式上。

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

重要的问题不是,什么能使人获得一些分散的快乐,而是什么能使他的生活总体上幸福。

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

衡量一个人的最终标准不是他在舒适时刻所处的位置,而是他在挑战和争议时刻所处的位置。

Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.

奢侈是一种诱人的快乐,是一种私生子的欢乐,嘴里有蜜,心里有苦,尾巴上有刺。

Death is very mysterious to us. One moment someone is there with us, and the next moment they're not.

死亡对我们来说很神秘。这一刻有人和我们在一起,下一刻他们就不在了。

It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.

可以说,在一定程度上可以肯定的是,并不是所有的眼睛看到的东西都像它看起来的那样。

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

让我们读书,让我们跳舞;这两种娱乐方式对世界是无害的。

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

地球上每个人生命中的每一刻、每一件事都在他的灵魂中播下了某种东西。

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

蛇的调解是必要的。恶能诱惑人,但不能成为人。

I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.

我喜欢有活力的电影。