For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

  • -- Portrait of James Boswell 詹姆斯·博斯韦尔画像

就我个人而言,我认为任何天真的机智或玩笑都不应该被压制,而且在活泼的交谈中,较小的优点中也可以接纳一个好的双关语。

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I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous things. But I think it's good to get into arguments with people and have them say, 'That sucks' or 'You're crazy' or 'That's cheesy"'or 'What do you think of this?'

我想有些人足够聪明,可以凭一己之力变得聪明,从不怀疑任何事情,并想出绝妙的点子。但我认为和别人争论是件好事,让他们说,‘那太糟糕了’或‘你疯了’或‘那太俗了’或‘你觉得这个怎么样?’

I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done.

我想有时候当我要开始做某件事的时候,人们会试图取消我所有的天赋或者我做过的任何努力。