There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

有些人很有哲理性,他们能从自己的牙痛中看到幽默。但是,从来没有一个人像他这样富有哲理,能从自己的幽默中看到牙痛。

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Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply some of the splinters of the ideas back into the piece.

然后,我每周来两次——既是为了消遣,也是为了当导游。然后我们开始把一些想法的碎片应用到作品中。

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

牙疼的人认为牙齿健康的人都是幸福的。穷人对富人也犯同样的错误。

Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.

谁不曾坐在自己心幕前呢?它升起来了:景色正在散去。