I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

  • -- Oscar Wilde 奥斯卡王尔德

我能忍受蛮力,但蛮力的理智是相当难以忍受的。它的使用有些不公平。它打击的是智力。

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Ask me why I keep on loving you when it's clear that you don't feel the same way for me... the problem is that as much as I can't force  you to love me, I can't force myself to stop loving you.

问我为什么我一直爱着你,明明你对我没有同样的感觉……问题是,即使我不能强迫你爱我,我也不能强迫自己不爱你。

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

做一个爱人比做一个丈夫容易,原因很简单:每天保持机智比时不时地说些好听的话更难。

Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.

使用化妆台,把所有的东西都放在手边,不要匆忙;否则你看起来就像一床拼布被子。

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.

环境定义我们;他们强迫我们走这条或那条路,然后为此惩罚我们。

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.

智慧的声音是柔和的,但它在得到倾听之前不会停止。

Things happen for a reason, and in their own time.

事情的发生是有原因的,在它们自己的时间。

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

天才和人类一样,会因无用而生锈。

Will and intellect are one and the same thing

意志和智力是一回事

All shit happens for a reason.

所有的不幸都有原因。

Let's have some new cliches.

让我们来听一些新的陈词滥调。