All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

  • -- Oscar Wilde 奥斯卡王尔德

我想指出的是,生活模仿艺术远远超过艺术模仿生活的一般原则。

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Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.

爱是人类至高无上的恩典,是灵魂最神圣的权利,是将我们与责任和真理联系在一起的黄金纽带,是使心灵与生活协调一致、预示永恒美好的救赎原则。

Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.

每天我们每个人醒来,把手伸进抽屉和壁橱里,拿出当天要穿的衣服,然后开始穿那种只能被称为荒谬的风格。

From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.

从远古时代起,艺术家们在睡梦中或梦中就能领悟到艺术的真知灼见,因此他们时时刻刻都热切地渴望着这些真知灼见。

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

适度好的东西并不如它应该的那么好。适度的性情总是一种美德;但是原则上适度总是一种恶习。

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.

你可能认为每个人都有发展成独立人格的自然愿望,但这似乎不是真的。

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.

自测试开始以来,智商总体上有所提高。心理学家认为这是因为现代生活变得越来越复杂。

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎,但他承认,在分析中,有些数据也站不住脚。

One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.

一个模仿者总是超越他的榜样;然而,一个人模仿什么是好的总是缺乏它。

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

一般来说,男人在餐桌上享用一顿美餐时比他妻子讲希腊语时更高兴。

Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.

和户外运动的女人结婚。如果你在一个寒冷的夜晚把她扔到院子里,她仍然可以活下来。

This is the point in the show where we say, "Oh, what else do we have in the van that's flammable?"

这就是我们在节目中说的重点,“哦,我们的货车里还有什么是易燃的?”

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

我认为,银行机构对我们的自由而言,比常备军更危险。

My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

我对美术的热爱与日俱增——我看得越多,就越想看。

As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.

就演员而言,你找不到比我更好的球员了。

Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun?

我什么时候开始觉得住酒店不好玩了?

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

宁可有灵巧的蚂蟥,胜过有五十万战士。

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.

对爱要比对任何事都谨慎一点。