1.人生不过是一个行走的影子,一个在舞台上指手画脚的拙劣伶人,登场片刻,就在无声无息中悄然退下;他是一个愚人所讲述的故事,充满着喧哗和骚动,却找不到一点意义。
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more: it is a tale. Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
——《麦克白》
莎士比亚
2.生存还是毁灭,这是一个值得考虑的问题:
默然忍受命运暴虐的毒箭,
或是挺身反抗人世无涯的苦难,
通过斗争把它们清扫,
这两种行为,哪一种更高贵?
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
——《哈姆雷特》
3.我浪费了时间,时间也放弃了我。
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.”
——《查理二世》
4.
我们所要做的事,应该一想到就做:因为人的想法是会变的,有多少舌头、多少手、多少意外,就会有多少犹豫、多少迟疑。
We should do when we would, for this ‘would’ changes, And hath abatements and delays as many as there are tongues, are hands, are accidents.
——《哈姆雷特》
5.好花盛开,就该尽先摘,慎莫待美景难再,否则一瞬间,它就要凋零萎谢,落在尘埃
when beautiful flowers bloom, you should pick them up as early as you can. If you don't do like that, they will die.
——《维纳斯与阿都尼》
6.真正的爱情之路不会是平坦的。
the course of true love never did run smooth.
——《仲夏夜之梦》
7.婚姻的烦恼!我们可以把这些可爱的人儿据为己有,却无法掌控她们的各种欲望。
curse of marriage, that we can call these delicate creatures ours, and not their appetites!
——《奥赛罗》
8.最重要的是,你必须对自己忠实。
This above all: to thine self be true.
——《哈姆雷特》
9.一无所有只能换来一无所有。
Nothing will come of nothing.
——《李尔王》
10.脆弱啊,你的名字是女人!
Frailty, thy name is woman!
——《奥赛罗》