悲剧里的智慧－莎士比亚名言录

 　　1、The course of true love never did run smooth. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1.1)

　　真爱无坦途。 ——《仲夏夜之梦》

　　2、Things base and vile¹, holding no quantity, love can transpose to from and dignity: love looks not with the eyes, but with mind. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1.1)

　　卑贱和劣行在爱情看来都不算数，都可以被转化成美满和庄严：爱情不用眼睛辨别，而是用心灵来判断。——《仲夏夜之梦》

　　3、Lord, what fools these mortals be! (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.2)

　　上帝呀，这些凡人怎么都是十足的傻瓜！——《仲夏夜之梦》

　　4、The lunatic, the lover and the poet are of imagination all compact. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 5.1)

　　疯子、情人、诗人都是想象的产儿。——《仲夏夜之梦》

　　5、Since the little wit that fools have was silenc’d, the little foolery that wise men have makes a great show. (As You Like It, 1.2)

　　自从傻子小小的聪明被压制得无声无息，聪明人小小的傻气显得更吸引眼球了。——《皆大欢喜》

　　6、Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. (As You Like It, 1.3)

　　美貌比金银更容易引起歹心。——《皆大欢喜》

　　7、Sweet are the uses of adversity. (As You Like It, 2.1)

　　逆境和厄运自有妙处。——《皆大欢喜》

　　8、Love is merely a madness. (As You Like It, 3.2)

　　爱情不过是一种疯狂。——《皆大欢喜》

　　9、O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes! (As You Like It)

　　唉！从别人的眼中看到幸福，自己真有说不出的酸楚！——《皆大欢喜》

　　10、It is a wise father that knows his own child. (A Merchant of Venice 2.2)

　　知子之父为智。——《威尼斯商人》

　　11、Love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies² that themselves commit. (A Merchant of Venice 2.6)

　　爱情是盲目的，恋人们看不到自己做的傻事。——《威尼斯商人》

　　12、All that glisters is not gold. (A Merchant of Venice 2.7)

　　闪光的并不都是金子。——《威尼斯商人》

　　13、The quality of mercy is not strained. (A Merchant of Venice 4.1)

　　慈悲不是出于勉强。——《威尼斯商人》

　　16、Some rise by sin, and some by virtue³ fall. (Measure for Measure 2.1)

　　有些人因罪恶而升迁，有些人因德行而没落。——《一报还一报》

　　17、I’ll pray a thousand prayers for thy death but no word to save thee. (Measure for Measure 3.1)

　　我要千遍祷告让你死，也不祈求一字救你命。——《一报还一报》

　　19、O, what may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side! (Measure for Measure 3.2)

　　唉！一个人外表可以装得像天使，但却可能把自己掩藏在内心深处！——《一报还一报》

　　20、Beauty, wit, high birth, vigour⁴ of bone, desert in service, love, friendship, charity, are subjects all to envious⁵ and calumniating⁶ time. (Troilus and Cressida 3.3)

　　美貌、智慧、门第、臂力，事业、爱情、友谊和仁慈，都必须听命于妒忌而无情的时间。——《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》

1 vile   

adj.卑鄙的，可耻的，邪恶的；坏透的

参考例句：

• Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢？
• Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。

2 follies   

罪恶，时事讽刺剧； 愚蠢，蠢笨，愚蠢的行为、思想或做法( folly的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He has given up youthful follies. 他不再做年轻人的荒唐事了。
• The writings of Swift mocked the follies of his age. 斯威夫特的作品嘲弄了他那个时代的愚人。

3 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

4 vigour   

（=vigor）n.智力，体力，精力

参考例句：

• She is full of vigour and enthusiasm.她有热情，有朝气。
• At 40,he was in his prime and full of vigour.他40岁时正年富力强。

5 envious   

adj.嫉妒的，羡慕的

参考例句：

• I don't think I'm envious of your success.我想我并不嫉妒你的成功。
• She is envious of Jane's good looks and covetous of her car.她既忌妒简的美貌又垂涎她的汽车。

6 calumniating   

v.诽谤，中伤( calumniate的现在分词 )

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