A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
幽默
Humour
Dor woke again as dawn came. The sun had somehow gotten around to the east, where the land was, and dried off so that it could shine again.
天亮时多又醒了。太阳不知怎的绕到了东边，也就是大地所在的地方，晒干了，好让它重新发光。
If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.
如果你想从写作中获得财富，那就写一些人们在自言自语时动嘴阅读的东西。
I do not speak out not because he is right, I do not speak out because you must argue with a fool for it will result in you becoming a fool.
我没有说出来，不是因为他是对的，我没有说出来，不是因为你必须和一个傻瓜争论，因为这将导致你成为一个傻瓜。
You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?
你知道在冲动消费主义的影响下，你会发现自己被指控为占统治地位的物种，不是吗?
Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too.
正如在小说中一样，幽默在诗歌中也是一条优美的线。我只是觉得它更难写。也很难保持读者的尊重。
Now I know this is going to seem counter to every instinct that you have, but I'm going to ask you to sit still, or I'll put you in the trunk.
现在我知道这似乎与你的本能背道而驰，但我要请你安静地坐着，否则我就把你放进后备箱。
For any given problem, if there's a simple solution it will already have been applied. So, perhaps, the solution isn't as simple as you think.
对于任何给定的问题，如果有一个简单的解决方案，那么它就已经被应用了。因此，解决方案可能并不像你想象的那么简单。
It is a building designed by committee: all they have been able to agree on is that it should be rectangular, have windows, and not fall over.
这是一个由委员会设计的建筑:他们所能达成的一致意见是，它应该是长方形的，有窗户，而且不能倒塌。
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
人类把自己看得太严肃了。这是世界的原罪。如果穴居人知道如何笑，历史就会有所不同。
People tell me I shouldn't smoke because it is makes you look like a tit. I use exactly the same argument when people tell me they go to the gym.
人们告诉我不应该抽烟，因为抽烟会让你看起来像个山雀。当人们告诉我他们去健身房的时候，我也用同样的理由。
You know if you're jogging, when you speed up and you aren't used to it you get tired and pant? Well cars can't do that, so they blow up instead.
你知道，如果你在慢跑，当你加速时，你不习惯它，你会感到疲倦和气喘?汽车做不到这一点，所以它们会爆炸。
It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for free.
据说安克莫波克的生活很便宜。这当然是完全错误的。生活往往非常昂贵;你可以免费得到死亡。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Network administrators all share an abiding and passionate desire for one thing: We want our users to shut up.
网络管理员都有一个持久而热情的愿望:我们希望我们的用户闭嘴。
I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.
我反对设置警戒线，但我不知道如何表达。
When everyone is out to get you, paranoia is just good thinking.
当每个人都想要抓住你的时候，偏执只是一种好的想法。
Having one eye makes you see the world in unusual ways, Shockwave...
一只眼睛让你以不寻常的方式看世界，冲击波……
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
幸福无非是健康的身体和糟糕的记性。
I am on the divorce detox diet. I only eat younger men.
我正在进行离婚排毒减肥。我只吃年轻人。