True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

真正的幽默不是来自头脑,而是来自内心。这不是轻蔑;它的本质是爱。它不是在笑声中产生的,而是在深沉得多的微笑中产生的。

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If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker.

如果一个人不能在没有任何刺激物的情况下做脑力劳动,他最好转向手工劳动。

From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of his hero.

因此,从剧作家的角度来看,悲剧的本质,甚至是严肃戏剧的本质,都是主人公的精神觉醒或再生。

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don't want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

就因为我成功地做了一件小事,我不想让家里的任何人认为我得到了那个大头。

I had an essence in my life that I was nothing.

我生命中有一种本质,那就是我什么都不是。