Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

在所有的写作中,没有哪一种写作比幽默作品更容易出错,因为没有哪一种写作比幽默作品更有野心超越他人。

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When I was younger, my family would go camping and fishing on our ranches. My dad loves being around all kinds of animals. He's the one who got me to be a really big animal lover.

当我年轻的时候,我的家人会去露营和钓鱼在我们的牧场。我爸爸喜欢和各种各样的动物在一起。是他让我成为一个真正热爱动物的人。

I do not speak out not because he is right, I do not speak out because you must argue with a fool for it will result in you becoming a fool.

我没有说出来,不是因为他是对的,我没有说出来,不是因为你必须和一个傻瓜争论,因为这将导致你成为一个傻瓜。

When you're a very ambitious person, the things that are disappointing are when other people around you aren't as enthusiastic.

当你是一个非常有野心的人,令人失望的事情是当你周围的人没有那么热情。

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.

现代艺术中另一个令人不安的因素是不成熟的常见症状,害怕做以前做过的事。

There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away.

我想有各种各样的瘾君子。我们都有痛苦。我们都在寻找让痛苦消失的方法。

Scientists never study the important things. Like why some animals seem to have evolved the ability to gloat.

科学家从不研究重要的东西。比如为什么有些动物似乎进化出了幸灾乐祸的能力。

There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!

在神圣之爱的皇家船上没有苦役犯——每个人都是自愿划桨的!

I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality.

我一点也不觉得自己很有野心。但我似乎扮演的是有这种素质的人。

How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart.

超越他人是多么美好,发自内心的给予是多么美好。

Writing doesn't come easily to me. It gets more and more difficult.

写作对我来说不容易。它变得越来越难。

I'm living proof you can excel regardless of where you come from.

我就是活生生的例子,不管你来自哪里,你都能出类拔萃。

Either it works or it doesn't.

要么成功,要么失败。