You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

  • -- Bob Hope 鲍勃·霍普

当蜡烛比蛋糕贵的时候,你就知道自己老了。

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Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost.

动物比人类有这些优势:它们从来不听钟声,它们死的时候没有任何死亡的想法,它们没有神学家来指导它们,它们的最后时刻不会被不受欢迎和不愉快的仪式所打扰,它们的葬礼费用高昂。

I always wanted to get married with just candles! I think candlelight is the most beautiful light there is and there's something very spiritual about it.

我一直想用蜡烛结婚!我认为烛光是世界上最美丽的光,有一种精神上的力量。

Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get there it is nowhere, for there is nowhere to get to.

意识本身就是目的。我们折磨自己到达某个地方,而当我们到达那里时却无处可去,因为我们无处可去。

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

任何两个人之间的差别,都不可能比同一个人、情人和丈夫之间的差别更大。

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

家里没有你不知道有用的东西,也没有你不相信美丽的东西。

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are.

我只是在写作的时候,脑子里想着一个聪明的读者。我不考虑他们的年龄。

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

作为一个小商人,你没有比真相更大的影响力。

Life is like a candle, you must light it to see through the darkness.

生活就像蜡烛,你必须点燃它才能看透黑暗。

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

对我来说,电影不是生活的一部分,而是小菜一碟。

Somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known.

在某个地方,一些不可思议的事情正等待着被发现。

The journey is more important then where you end up.

旅程比终点更重要。

Can we cut the cake? I have a three-way to go to.

我们能切蛋糕吗?我有三条路要走。

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

以旧换旧,以新换新。

There's no one worth getting up in the morning.

没有人值得早上起床。

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

每个人都或多或少有点疯狂。