A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
快乐
Pleasure
Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.
奢侈是一种诱人的快乐,是一种私生子的欢乐,嘴里有蜜,心里有苦,尾巴上有刺。
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind that only pleases the sight but does not captivate the affections.
各种各样的美都不能激发爱;有一种只会让人赏心悦目,却不会让人心醉神迷。
It's a pleasure to play my sister because everything I've accused her of my whole life, I can now re-enact before her eyes.
扮演我妹妹是一件很开心的事,因为我这辈子一直指责她的一切,现在我都能在她眼前重现了。
Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.
也许最大的阅读乐趣有自我毁灭的成分。如此全神贯注以至于你几乎不知道自己的存在。
The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
在这个世界上,我们最大和最高尚的快乐是发现新的真理,其次是摆脱旧的偏见。
I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
我现在已经完全改掉了喜欢社交的毛病,不管是在乡下还是在城里。一个明智的人应该在自己身上找到足够的同伴。
The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
伤害你的人的快乐在于你的痛苦。因此,如果你不去感受痛苦而剥夺了他们的快乐,他们就会受苦。
My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone.
我厨房的油毡又黑又亮,我一边跳着华尔兹,一边等着水壶烧开。这是独居老人的乐趣。
The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.
重要的问题不是,什么能使人获得一些分散的快乐,而是什么能使他的生活总体上幸福。
I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure as a test of value.
我认为,当前社会混乱的一个主要原因是,用快乐来衡量价值太病态、太可疑了。
Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.
记者对世界的不幸幸灾乐祸。正因为如此,他们常常在令其他人类失望的事件中获得一种不体面的快乐。
I find it quite hard to sum up my relationship in a sound bite. I feel that it trivializes it for other people's pleasure. It's an adventure.
我发现很难用一句话来概括我的感情。我觉得这是为了别人的快乐而小题大做。这是一个冒险。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.
生活是由微小的快乐组成的。幸福是由那些微小的成功组成的。大地震来的太不频繁了。如果你不把这些小的成功都收集起来,那么大的成功就没有任何意义。
To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
对于一个寻欢作乐的人来说,他的每一分每一秒似乎都在虚度,因为他并不享受其中的快乐。
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。
Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.
痛苦和快乐,就像光明和黑暗一样,相互接替。
Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.
没有什么能比得上骑自行车的简单乐趣。