I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.

  • -- Cathy Guisewite 凯西·朱塞威特

我很幸运,现实生活中的妈妈对自己既有很强的幽默感,又有一种惊人的能力,如果话题太过贴近家庭,她就会完全否认。

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There came to port last Sunday night the queerest little craft, without an inch of rigging on; I looked and looked - and laughed. It seemed so curious that she should cross the unknown water, and moor herself within my room - my daughter! O my daughter!

上个星期天晚上,有一艘最奇怪的小船驶进了港口。我看了又看,笑了。她要渡过这片未知的水域,把自己关在我的房间里——我的女儿!啊,我的女儿!

If your mother did not know how to love herself, or your father did not know how to love himself, then it would be impossible for them to teach you to love yourself. They were doing the best they could with what they had been taught as children.

如果你的母亲不知道如何爱自己,或者你的父亲不知道如何爱自己,那么他们就不可能教你爱自己。他们尽了最大的努力学习他们小时候所学的知识。

Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past.

否认之所以存在,是因为人类的婴儿虽然配备了信任量表,但天生就盲目地、绝对地信任任何一个从他们身边走过的老人。

The thing I love is that my home life hasn't changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn.

我喜欢的是我的家庭生活没有改变。我仍然帮助清理垃圾。我仍然帮忙修剪草坪。

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

良好的教养是良好的感觉,一些良好的天性,和为了他人的一点自我克制的结果。

Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.

天赋是一个值得怀疑的现象。也许有这种倾向,但天生的能力是极其罕见的。

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

伟大的格言作家读起来就好像他们彼此都很熟悉。

I was the class clown at school, but at home, my family wasn't very funny.

我在学校是班上的小丑,但在家里,我的家人不是很有趣。

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

一个伟大的城市应该有最伟大的男人和女人。

I feel pretty confident in my own ability.

我对自己的能力很有信心。