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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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。

Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.

面对是忍受牙痛还是去看牙医的选择,我们通常都试图安然度过这颗坏牙。

The mind is it's own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

心灵是它自己的地方,它本身可以使天堂变成地狱,地狱变成天堂。

We must be our own before we can be another's.

我们必须先做自己,才能成为别人的。