The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ it to say: 'This moral truth can be learned from beholding this action.'

  • -- Thornton Wilder 桑顿·怀尔德

剧院最适合说:“瞧!这些东西。然而,大多数剧作家都用它来表达:“这种道德真理可以从观看这种行为中学到。”

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For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

对于一个有孩子的家庭来说,如果一切进行得相当顺利,那么毫无疑问,所有其他形式的成功和成就相比就失去了它们的重要性。

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.

我明白了拥有一个好朋友是上帝赐予的最纯洁的礼物,因为这是一种没有交换的爱。

I know I am the first female celebrity in the world who has allowed herself to be filmed like that in an operating theatre.

我知道我是世界上第一个允许自己在手术室被拍摄成那样的女明星。

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.

在社会事务中,毫无意义的习俗不仅是礼仪的蜜蜂蜇人之痛,也是道德秩序的毒蛇咬人之痛。

Second Chances Doesn't Always Mean A Happy Ending. Sometimes, it's just another shot to end things right.

第二次机会并不总是意味着一个幸福的结局。有时候,这只是另一个结束的好机会。

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.

对自己不喜欢的人做出令人不快的公正行为是最令人愉快的。

I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me.

我学会了写小说,就像我学会了读小说一样——跳过那些让我厌烦的部分。

I come from theatre and I always go back every couple of years.

我从剧院回来,每隔几年就回去一次。

The problem is we need much more moral content.

问题是我们需要更多的道德内容。

He is in safety who rings the tocsin.

敲响警钟的人是安全的。