Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

在一个人说话之前,总可以有把握地假定他是个傻瓜。在他讲话之后,很少有必要假定这一点。

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When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again.

当写文学小说的作家开始写剧本时,每个人都认为这就是结局。这是另一个再也写不好的人。

That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.

那等于做一个傻瓜,有名望而没有财富。很多人在做这个或那个方面都很有名气,但是他们都破产了。

I wish you could see some of the girls I have genuinely had crushes on in my life. They're not the girls you would assume.

我希望你能看到我生命中真正迷恋过的一些女孩。她们不是你想象中的那种女孩。

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.

要找到一个在自己眼中既不聪明,在世人眼中又不愚蠢的年轻人,是一项非常艰巨的任务。