A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
快乐
Pleasure
Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.
除了自得其乐之外，另一种最大的乐趣在于阻止别人自得其乐，或者更广泛地说，是阻止别人获得权力。
The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare.
智力的作用是提供一种方法来改变我们对生活环境的反应，使我们能够获得快乐，这是幸福的征兆。
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
养育一个大家庭的人，在他活着观察他们的时候，确实代表着更广泛的悲哀;但随后，他在快乐方面也取得了更大的成就。
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
人生最大的乐趣莫过于克服困难，迈出成功的一步又迈出成功的一步，不断产生新的愿望，并使之得到满足。
If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
如果批评你的朋友让你很痛苦，你这样做是安全的。但如果你从中得到一点点快乐，那就是闭嘴的时候了。
A scientist worthy of his name, about all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same nature.
一位名副其实的科学家，差不多都是数学家，在他的作品中体验到了与艺术家相同的感受;他的快乐是一样的伟大和相同的性质。
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。
I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually has to give pleasure or it is worth nothing.
我认为写文学作品应该给人带来乐趣。还应该讲些什么呢?它不是核物理。它必须给人带来快乐，否则就一文不值。
The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present.
我们从对现在的描绘中获得的快乐，不仅是因为它可以披上美丽的外衣，还因为它是现在的本质。
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 use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
恰当地运用我们的智慧能给我们带来快乐。在这方面，大脑就像肌肉。当我们想得好的时候，我们感觉很好。理解是一种狂喜。
I still get enormous pleasure and a sense of fulfillment out of writing a book that I'm proud of. I see myself as a bit like a jewel-maker who can sit back and admire his work.
我仍然从写一本书中获得巨大的快乐和成就感，我为此感到自豪。我觉得自己有点像一个能坐下来欣赏自己作品的珠宝商。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.
我们的快乐在质量上比在数量上有更多的不同。
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
我对成功的定义是，以一种能让你感受到大量快乐而很少痛苦的方式生活——由于你的生活方式，让你身边的人感受到的快乐比他们感受到的痛苦多得多。
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
一个人，不管是绅士还是女士，如果对一本好的小说不感兴趣，那他一定是愚蠢得令人无法忍受。
If we intensify our efforts we can have a cloned baby within a year or two, but I don't know whether we can intensify our efforts to that extent. We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one.
如果我们加强我们的努力，我们可以在一两年内有一个克隆婴儿，但我不知道我们是否可以加强我们的努力到那个程度。我们并不是真的有压力要把克隆婴儿送到这个世界上。我们所面临的压力是要接生一个健康的克隆婴儿。
We are all pleasure-seekers. We differ only in the type of pleasure we seek.
我们都是寻欢作乐的人。我们只是在寻求快乐的类型上有所不同。