Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

在所有的写作中,没有哪一种写作比幽默作品更容易出错,因为没有哪一种写作比幽默作品更有野心超越他人。

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Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind.

我认为写作与生活并无二致。写作是一种双重生活,作者经历每件事两次。一次在现实中,一次在那面永远在前方或后方等待的镜子里。

There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him.

有两种人我们可以称为通情达理的:一种人因为认识神而尽心事奉他,另一种人因为不认识神而尽心寻求他。

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men.

人的真正的或假定的权利有两种,主动的和被动的;在某些情况下,我们列出的权利;以及我们拥有的获得他人宽容或帮助的权利。

I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. I mourn that.

我喜欢写信和收信。真遗憾,我们失去了写信和保存信件的艺术。我哀悼。

I guess the bigger you dream, the further you have to fall if you don't get it, so it can be a bit of a scary thing to be that ambitious.

我想,你的梦想越大,如果你没有实现它,你就会跌得越深,所以野心勃勃可能会有点可怕。

It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.

这很有趣。在所有我有抱负的工作中,这是我从未想过的。

I had to give everything I had to one event if I wanted to excel.

如果我想出类拔萃,我必须把我的一切都献给一件事。

Here are some quotes from my book and there are plenty more...

以下是我书中的一些引言,还有很多……

My cats inspire me daily. They inspire me to get a dog!

我的猫每天都在激励我。他们激励我养狗!

A hand works, but not a broken heart.

一只手可以工作,但伤不了一颗破碎的心。

Either it works or it doesn't.

要么成功,要么失败。