I find that when I dislike what I see on the stage I can be vastly amusing, but when I write about something I like I find that I am appallingly dull.

  • -- Max Beerbohm 比尔博姆

我发现当我不喜欢我在舞台上看到的东西时,我可以非常有趣,但当我写一些我喜欢的东西时,我发现我是可怕地沉闷。

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The world is well supplied with rude people spouting high moral positions about human rights, but it is noticeably lacking in those who worry about the human being waiting in line behind them at the automated-teller machine while they balance their heckbooks.

世界上到处都是粗鲁无礼的人,他们滔滔不绝地高谈阔论人权问题的道德立场,但那些担心自己身后的人在自动柜员机前排队,而自己却在权衡利弊的人却明显寥寥无几。

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

最伟大的思想既能成就最大的美德,也能成就最大的罪恶。