2011年8月25日 星期四

Vic - Quotes of the Day 17

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In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst.
世上只有兩種悲劇。一種是得不到自己想要的,另一種是得到了。後者慘得多。

- Oscar Wilde, writer (1854-1900)


We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
有時從惡夢中醒來後,我們會感到慶幸;或許我們死後也將如此。

- Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer (1804-1864)


When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favor.
在遭受巨大的不公義威脅後,人們會接受程度較輕的不公義,並認為這是一種恩惠。
- Jane Welsh Carlyle, letter writer (1801-1866)

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