In short, not only are things not what they seem, they are not even what they are called!

  • -- Francisco De Quevedo 弗朗西斯科·德奎维多

简而言之,事物不仅不像它们看起来的那样,甚至不像它们的名字!

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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。

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

与其说人类的幸福来自偶尔发生的鸿运,不如说来自每天都有的小实惠。

Things seemed to go back and forth between reality and imagination except that it was all reality.

事情似乎在现实和想象之间来回穿梭,除了这一切都是现实。