中英对照赏析|智者名人幸福名言——之一

HAPPINESS
A contented^{1 mind is the greatest blessing2 a man can enjoy in this world. 满足是生活在世最大的幸事。
Joseph Addison, American writer 美国作家艾迪生. J.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth. 终身幸福！这是任何活着的人都没办法忍受的，那将是人间地狱。
G. Bernard Shaw, British dramatist 英国剧作家肖伯纳. G.
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one. 写得非常不错的生活和过得非常不错的生活几乎一样少。
Thomas Carlyle, British historian and essayist 英国历史学家、散文家卡莱尔. T.
Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distress3. 什么事都不干不是休息，十分空虚的心灵是痛苦的心灵。
William Cowper, British poet英国诗人考伯. W.
All the blessings4 we enjoy are the fruits of labor5, toil6, and self-denial, and study. 大家得到的所有幸福都是劳动、辛苦、自我克制和学习的成就。
William Graham Sumner, American sociologist7 美国社会学家萨姆纳. W. G.
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed. 一无所求的人是幸福的，由于他永远也不会失望。
Alexander Pope. British Poet 英国诗人蒲伯. A.
Call no man happy till he dies; he is at best but fortunate. 人不进棺材，哪个也称不上幸福，而至多不过是幸运。
Solon, ancient Athenian statesman 古雅典政治家梭伦
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery8 is to have been happy. 在所有不幸中，最不幸的事是过去幸福过。
A. M. S. Boethius, Ancient Roman statesman 古罗马政治家伯修斯. A. M. S.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers garden. 幸福成长在大家我们的火炉边，而不可以从其他人的花园中采得。
D. W. Jerrold, British dramatist 英国剧作家杰罗尔德. D. W.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. 幸福是一只蝴蝶，你要追逐它的时候，一直追不到；但假如你悄悄地坐下来，它或许会飞落到你身上。
N. Hawthorn9, American writer 美国作家霍桑. N.
Happiness is a form of courage. 幸福是勇气的一种形式。
H. Jackson, British writer 英国作家杰克逊. H.
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly10 often attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. 幸福是想象中的东西。以前，生者觉得死者幸福；目前则是大人觉得孩子幸福，而孩子则觉得大人幸福。
Szasz Thomas, American psychiatrist11 美国精神病学家托马斯. S.
Happiness is a way station between too much and too little. 幸福是太多和太少之间的一站。
C. Pollock, British jurist 英国法学家波洛克.C.
Happiness is not a goal，it is a by-product12. 幸福不是目的，而是一种副商品。
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, American presidents wife
美国总统罗斯福的夫人埃莉诺
Happiness is not something you experience; its something you remember. 幸福不是你历程的事，而是你记得的事。
O. Levant, American pianist 美国钢琴家利万特}