The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'

  • -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning 伊丽莎白·巴雷特·布朗宁

希腊人在他们的悲剧中庄严地说:“没有人在死前被称为幸福的;”对此,我还要补充一句:“没有人在死前被称为不幸福的。”

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The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation.

戏剧这个词来自希腊。它的意思是看的地方。它是人们看到生活和社会状况真相的地方。

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.

每隔一段时间,你说出一个单词或短语,你想抓住它,并把它带回来。你不能这么做。它消失了,永远消失了。

I don't use the phrase 'I love you' very often, but I say it every time I talk to my children.

我不常说“我爱你”这句话,但每次和孩子们说话时,我都会说。

What seems tragic now won't even be an issue in a few years time.

现在看来很悲惨的事情,几年后甚至都不会成为问题。

It's tragic from how far we've come from 'Hope and Change'.

我们离“希望和改变”如此之远,这是一场悲剧。

Why do Greeks always open restaurants that fail?

为什么希腊人总是开失败的餐馆?