A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.

  • -- Clifton Fadiman 克利夫顿·费迪曼

幽默感是理解笑话的能力——而笑话就是你自己。

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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

知识来了,智慧却迟迟不前。在相对较短的时间内在头脑中储存大量的面孔可能并不困难,但是形成判断的能力需要严格的刻苦训练和经验与成熟的磨练。

My mother has rheumatoid arthritis. I don't want to lose the ability to jump up and walk across the room or move around with the energy I'm used to having. That's far more important to me than a wrinkle or two.

我妈妈得了类风湿性关节炎。我不想失去跳起来、在房间里走动的能力,也不想失去用我已经习惯了的精力四处走动的能力。这对我来说比一两个皱纹重要得多。

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.

左派开始把常识——社区的传统智慧和风俗习惯——视为进步和启蒙的障碍。

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.

电视的问题是你不能假装。你的发现感必须是真实的;你不能假装惊讶。

One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control.

一个人不能没有开放自己的爱,而开放自己,就是冒着痛苦的风险。一个人没有控制权。

Large demands on oneself and little demands on others keep resentment at bay.

对自己要求多一点,对别人要求少一点,就能抑制怨恨。