The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.

对于卡通来说，幽默本质上是黑色的，是复杂的。但与此同时，漫画给了编剧比普通情景喜剧更多的自由。它总是强调，尽管人类有缺点，但辛普森一家确实是正派的人。

The idea is to make the space around you into a zone where nothing mortal can survive.

这个想法是把你周围的空间变成一个没有任何凡人能生存的地方。

The idealist hopes. The romantic sees doom. The postmodernist sees doom and hopes.

理想主义者的希望。浪漫的人注定要失败。后现代主义者看到的是厄运和希望。

The integrity of my sleep has been forever compromised, sir.

我的睡眠质量永远受到损害，先生。

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

缺钱是万恶之源。

The last few years have been my happiest. I'm happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die. I don't feel that a bit. Smiling has a lot to do with it. You can just lift your spirits by smiling a little bit.

过去的几年是我最快乐的几年。我很高兴在那些年里，大多数人都是蓝色的，悲伤的，等待死亡。我一点也不觉得。微笑与此有很大关系。你只要微微一笑就能使你的精神振作起来。

The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates.

时装模特死亡的主要原因是跌进街栅。

The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.

我们对一个有趣的故事看得越长越仔细，它就变得越悲伤。

The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune.

真正有幽默感的人是那些能设身处地为观众着想，对自己的不幸一笑置之的人。

The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me.

温柔的人可以承受地土，但现在地土属于骄傲的人。喜欢我。

The miracle isn't that i finished. The miracle is that i had the courage to start.

奇迹不是我完成了。奇迹是我有勇气开始。

The more money, the happier; the more wit, the happier.

钱越多，越快乐;越机智越快乐。

The more obscure our tastes, the greater the proof of our genius.

我们的品味越模糊，就越能证明我们的天才。

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

我母亲最了不起的一点是，三十年来，她为这个家庭所做的只是残羹剩饭。原来的那顿饭一直没有找到。

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

做一个悲观主义者的好处是你总是被证明是正确的或者是惊喜的。