To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

对于一个寻欢作乐的人来说,他的每一分每一秒似乎都在虚度,因为他并不享受其中的快乐。

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Everything I write doesn't appear to be biography until later. I often say that I've never written about anything I've experienced. Of course, that's not true. But it doesn't appear familiar to me at all. And maybe that's because I have to be in a kind of coma in order to write. If it appeared familiar, I wouldn't.

我所写的一切直到后来才成为传记。我经常说我从来没有写过我所经历的事情。当然,这不是真的。但我一点也不熟悉。也许这是因为我必须处于昏迷状态才能写作。如果它看起来很熟悉,我不会。

Ah, the pleasure, the joy - a big news story that runs and runs, that is played down by some of our journalistic colleagues, saying 'it'll never happen', only to be confirmed by the Home Secretary.

啊,快乐,快乐——一个不断流传的大新闻故事,被我们的一些记者同事淡化了,他们说“这永远不会发生”,只得到内政大臣的证实。

The use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.

恰当地运用我们的智慧能给我们带来快乐。在这方面,大脑就像肌肉。当我们想得好的时候,我们感觉很好。理解是一种狂喜。

I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.

我宁愿为穷人的教育,甚至是为穷人的娱乐而写作,也不愿为富人的娱乐而写作。

It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.

人类花了几千年的时间才把这些话写在纸上,而他的律师仍然希望他不要这样做。

In that moment i realize a circle of love is ten times better than a procession of sorrys.

在那一刻,我意识到一圈的爱比一串的抱歉要好十倍。

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.

头脑有时应该转移一下,以便能回到更好的思考中去。

The awkward moment when you don't know how to continue the conversation.

不知道如何继续对话的尴尬时刻。

It appears that you were meant to be mine only for a little while.

看来你注定只属于我一小段时间。

I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.

我喜欢有活力的电影。

A man's word is his honour.

言出必行。