英国作家语录(七)
Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.
害怕危险比危险本身还要可怕一万倍。
——笛福《鲁滨孙漂流记》
Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised.
无所期待,就总有惊喜。
——笛福《鲁滨孙漂流记》
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
爱意味着爱不可爱的人。原谅意味着原谅不可原谅的人。信念意味着相信难以置信的事物。希望意味着当一切似乎都没有希望时仍抱有希望。
——G. K. 切斯特顿
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
爱一样东西的方法就是意识到你可能会失去它。
——G. K. 切斯特顿
Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.
女人希望爱情是一部长篇小说,而男人则希望是个短篇。
——达夫妮•杜穆里埃
Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
幸福并非需要珍视的财物,而是一种思想状态,一种心境。
——达夫妮•杜穆里埃《蝴蝶梦》
One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once.
人活着应该忘记时间,好像自己永远不会死去;同时又珍惜时间,好像自己随时会死去。
——玛丽•瑞瑙特 《波斯少年》
Man's immortality is not to live forever; for that wish is born of fear. Each moment free from fear makes a man immortal.
人的不死并非在于永远地活着,那愿望源自于恐惧。令人不死的是每一个超脱于恐惧的瞬间。
——玛丽•瑞瑙特《天堂之火》
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