Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and cruel as children necessarily are without knowing it or meaning it, cannot be called natural

  • -- George Bernard Shaw 萧伯纳

成年人之间的感情——如果他们在思想上是真正的成年人,而不仅仅是已经长大成人的孩子——和孩子们之间的感情是如此自私和残忍,孩子们必然不知道或没有意识到这一点,那么这种感情就不能被称为自然的

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When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.

当你长大后,你妈妈说:“穿橡胶鞋,否则你会感冒的。”“当你长大成人后,你会发现你有权利不穿橡胶鞋,看看自己是不是感冒了。”大概是这样的。

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.

如果你很年轻,喝很多酒,这会损害你的健康,让你的思维变慢,让你变胖——换句话说,把你变成一个成年人。

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

治疗骄傲和情感的最好的暂时方法之一是晕船;想吐的人从不摆架子。

One is never too old to yearn

活到老,学到老