I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

我宁愿看时刻表或目录,也不愿什么也不看。它们比一半的小说更有趣。

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When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, all of which are gorgeous melodies, all being played simultaneously.

当你陪伴某人时,你听他们的方式就像听巴赫合唱曲一样,四个部分同时进行,所有的部分都是美妙的旋律,都是同时演奏的。

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

我曾经有一朵玫瑰以我的名字命名,我感到非常荣幸。但我不喜欢读目录上的描述:躺在床上不行,靠在墙上倒挺好。

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.

我们也许会更早地爱上那些恨我们的人,而不是那些爱我们超过我们所希望的人。

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

如果我必须再活一次,我也会犯同样的错误,只是会更快。

You get kind of bored being in catalogues all the time.

你会觉得一直在目录里有点无聊。

You never know how much time you have left.

你永远不知道你还剩多少时间。