In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

  • -- Christopher Fry 克里斯托弗·弗莱

在悲剧中,每一刻都是永恒;在喜剧中,永恒是一瞬间。

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The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those emotions into an expression of light relief; of tragedy, to wound them and bring the relief of tears. Disgust and terror are the other points of the compass.

戏剧的作用是锻炼,也可能是耗尽人类的情感。喜剧的目的是把这些情感逗乐成轻松的表现;的悲剧,给他们带来了伤痛和宽慰的泪水。厌恶和恐惧是罗盘的另两个指针。

I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humour doesn't know what he's talking about.

我不能假装自己是喜剧艺术的好学生,因为任何一个对幽默持哲学态度的人都不知道自己在说什么。

The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over.

爱得越深,结束时的悲剧就越大。