We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

  • -- Honoré de Balzac 尊敬的巴尔扎克

我们把不幸和幸福都夸大了。我们从来没有像自己说的那么穷,也从来没有像自己说的那么幸福。

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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

有一种夸大其词的成分附属于大众的判断:大恶习愈演愈烈,大美德也愈演愈烈;有趣的事件变得更有趣,更柔和的传说变得更柔和。

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.

生活、不幸、孤独、遗弃、贫穷,都是有英雄的战场;无名英雄,有时比显赫的英雄更伟大。

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.

我们受到那些我们所影响的人的影响的程度是难以夸大的。

Marriages are all happy. It's having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.

婚姻都是幸福的。是一起吃早餐引起了所有的麻烦。

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

小小的心灵会被不幸驯服和征服;但伟大的思想高于它们。

Do I exaggerate? Boy, do I, and I'd do it more if I could get away with it.

我夸大了吗?天啊,我知道,如果我能逃过一劫,我会做得更多。

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

虚假的雄辩是夸大;真正的雄辩是强调。

We just wanna be the happy bums that we are. That's all.

我们只是想做个快乐的流浪汉。这是所有。

Happiness is a choice, you've got to work towards it.

幸福是一种选择,你必须为之努力。

You know, I'm just - I'm really happy for my dad.

你知道,我只是,我真的为我爸爸感到高兴。