A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
快乐
Pleasure
Buying is a profound pleasure.
购买是一种极大的乐趣。
I'm acting for the pleasure of it.
我这样做是为了取乐。
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
快乐的人是痛苦的人。
Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.
也许所有的快乐只是解脱。
Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
快乐如果不是多样化的,那就什么都不是。
The greatest pleasure of life is love.
人生最大的乐趣是爱。
Passive pleasure is no pleasure at all.
被动的快乐根本不是快乐。
My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
我的乐趣在于复制,而不是创造。
Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.
新奇是快乐之源。
How delicious is pleasure after torment!
痛苦之后的快乐是多么美好啊!
Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.
忧郁是悲伤的快乐。
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
幸福不是快乐,而是胜利。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.
在我们准备过高估计别人的时候,可能有一种恶意的成分——可以说,我们是在为自己积累一种乐趣,以便以后把他们的身材缩小。
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
所有艺术的本质都是在给予快乐中获得快乐。
For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for pleasure is the desire to escape from reality.
对于理性的、心理健康的人来说,对快乐的渴望就是庆祝自己控制了现实的渴望。对神经质的人来说,对快乐的渴望就是对现实的逃避。
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
事实是,我们可以学会调整我们的思想、身体和情感,把痛苦或快乐与我们所选择的联系起来。通过改变我们把痛苦和快乐联系在一起的东西,我们会立即改变我们的行为。
Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.
文学是我向同胞们举起镜子的召唤,这对我来说很自然;在开放的发明领域,我并不是没有希望给他们带来快乐。
All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.
所有这些关于睡在一起的小题大做。为了身体上的快乐,我宁愿每天去看牙医。