双语：经典人生哲理

when a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love and wise already had one in reserve.
当爱到了终点,软弱者哭泣,精明者马上去发现另外一个,聪明的早就预备了一个.
no great artist ever sees things as they really are. if he did he would cease to be an artist.
没有伟大的艺术家是看事物真实的样子,如果他这样那他就不再是艺术家
i represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit
我提供给你们的是你们没勇气去犯的罪
one can always be kind to people one cares nothing about
总是善待别人的人对什么都不在意
we irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the greeks.
我们爱尔兰人太诗意以至不能做诗人,我们是才华横溢的失败者的国度,可我们是自希腊人以来最伟大的讲演者
what seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
痛苦的审判是那些虚伪的祝福

the advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途
please do not shoot the pianist. he is doing his best.
请不要射击钢琴师,他已经尽力了.
the heart was made to be broken
心是用来碎的
the public is wonderfully tolerant. it forgives everything except genius.
公众是惊人地宽容,可以原谅一切除了天才
religions die when they are proved to be true. science is the record of dead religions.
宗教会死亡,当他们需要证实是真的时候,科学是死亡宗教的记录
why was i born with such contemporaries
为什么我会和这么多同代人一块出生呢?
a poet can survive everything but a misprint.
诗歌可以拯救一切除了印刷错误
only the shallow know themselves.
只有影子才懂他们自己
the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... i can resist everything but temptation.
摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是被被诱惑,我能抗拒一切除了诱惑.

discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation
不满是进步中的人或民族的第一步
i like to do all the talking myself. it saves time, and prevents arguments.
我喜欢和自己说,因为节约时间和预防争论
quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit
格言是智慧耐用的替代品
a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
梦想家能发现用月光铺就的道路,惩罚是他比所有人提前看到曙光
every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来
to live is the rarest thing in the world. most people exist, that is all.
活着是世上最珍贵的,大多数人只是存在,仅此而已.
i have nothing to declare except my genuis.
我没什么好宣告的,除了我的天才

i like men who have a future and women who have a past
我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人
pessimist: one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
悲观主义者是那种有机会选两种不幸而全都选择的人
society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
社会仅仅以一种精神概念而存在,真实的世界仅仅是个体的
what is a cynic? a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
什么叫愤世嫉俗者?一个知道每个事物价格而不知道价值的人
i like persons better than principles, and i like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
我喜欢人甚于原则,我还喜欢没原则的人甚于世界上的一切
it is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
是忏悔而不是牧师给我们赦免

i don't want to earn my living; i want to live
我不想谋生,我想生活
moderation is a fatal thing. nothing succeeds like excess.
适度是致命的,没有什么事想过剩那么成功.
the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
比讨论更坏的唯一的事情是不讨论
when the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers
当神想惩罚我们的时候,他回应我们的祈祷
how can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
一个女人与一个坚持要把她当成完美正常的人的男人一起,怎么能指望获得快乐呢?
all charming people, i fancy, are spoiled. it is the secret of their attraction
我设想所有迷人的人都是被溺爱的,这是他们吸引力的秘密
nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
没有比冷静更让人恼火的

popularity is the one insult i have never suffered.
声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一
the truth is rarely pure and never simple
真理很纯粹,可决不简单
ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌
to do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual
什么也不做是世上最难的事情,最难也最智力
a true friend stabs you in the front.
真朋友当面中伤你
ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. in your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
普通财富会失窃,真财富不会,你灵魂里面无限珍贵的东西不会离开你
the well bred contradict other people. the wise contradict themselves.
教养与别人抵触,智慧和自己抵触
hatred is blind, as well as love.
恨是盲目的,爱也是

looking good and dressing well is a necessity. having a purpose in life is not.
注意穿着打扮是必要的,而有个生活目标却不是
always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
宽恕你的敌人,没什么能比这个让他们苦恼的了
children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them
孩子最初爱他们父母,等大一些他们评判父母,有些时候,他们原谅父母
there are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
生活里有两个悲剧:一个是没有得到我们想要的,另外一个是得到了.
a gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
绅士就是从不无意识伤害别人感觉的人
conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative
谈论天气是无趣谈话最后的避难所

one's real life is often the life that one does not lead
真实生活就是我们不会引领的生活
wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others
邪恶是好人发明出来说明那些奇异而有魅力的人的神话
every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always judas who writes the biography
每个伟人现今都有信徒,而传记总由叛徒来写
the world has been made by fools that wise men should live in it.　
傻瓜创造了世界，聪明人不得不生活于其中。
世上只有两类悲剧，有些人总是不能遂愿，而有些人总是心想事成。
in this world there are only two tragedies.one is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it.
男人因厌烦而结婚，女人因好奇，他们都会感到失望。
men marry because they are tired;women because they are curious;both are disappointed.

已婚者的快乐来源于那些单身汉。
the happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.
20年的浪漫使一个女人变成一堆废墟，20年的婚姻使一个女人变成一座公共建筑。
twenty years of romance make a woman look like a ruin;but twenty years of marriage make her look like a public building.
一个女人再婚，是因为她憎恶她的前夫；一个男人再婚，则是因为他爱着他的前妻。
when a woman marries again,it is because she detested her first husband.when a man marries again,it is because he adored his first wife.
男人会老，但他们从来不会学好。
men become old,but they never become good.
男人的进化很缓慢，男人的不公正却是显而易见。
the evolution of man is slow.the injustice ot man is great.
对富有的单身汉必须客以重税，让某些男人更快乐是不公平的。
rich bachelors should be heavily taxed.it is not fair that some men should be happier than others.