A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.

  • -- Jessamyn West 杰萨姆·韦斯特

对讽刺的品味比幽默感更能让人免于心碎,因为只有讽刺才能让人懂得自嘲。

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There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

有三种智慧:一种是自己理解事物,另一种是欣赏别人能够理解的东西,第三种既不是自己理解的,也不是通过别人理解的。第一类是极好的,第二类是好的,第三类是无用的。

Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once.

花死了,酒也喝完了。都是可爱的。我很欣赏。葡萄酒和玫瑰。有一次有人给我带了一片鹅肝。

I will never forgive you for breaking my heart.

我永远不会原谅你伤了我的心。

First learn the rules, then break them.

先学习规则,然后打破规则。