《莎士比亚经典名言语录》
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》
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue 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》
O, it is excellent to have a giant’s strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. (Measure for Measure 2.1) 有巨人的力量固然好,但像巨人那样滥用力量就是一种残暴行为。——《一报还一报》
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》
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》
Beauty, wit, high birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, love, friendship, charity, are subjects all to envious and calumniating 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》
You gods divine! Make Cressida’s name the very crown of falsehood, if ever she leave Troilus. (Troilus and Cressida 4.2) 神明啊!要是有一天克瑞西达背叛特罗里斯,那么就让她的名字永远被人唾骂吧!——《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》
Beauty! Where is thy faith? (Troilus and Cressida 5.2) 美貌!你的真诚在何方?——《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》
Take but degree away, untune that string, and, hark, what discord follows! (Troilus and Cressida 1.3) 没有了纪律,就像琴弦绷断,听吧!刺耳的噪音随之而来!——《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》
要一个骄傲的人看清他自己的嘴脸,只有用别人的骄傲给他做镜子;倘若向他卑躬屈膝,不过添长了他的气焰,徒然自取其辱。 ——《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》
O, she dothe teach the torches to burn bright! (Romeo and Juliet 1.5) 啊!火炬不及她那么明亮。——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》
My only love sprung from my only hate ! (Romeo and Juliet 1.5) 我唯一的爱来自我唯一的恨。——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet. (Romeo and Juliet 2.2) 名字中有什么呢?把玫瑰叫成别的名字,它还是一样的芬芳。——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》 /名称有什么关系呢?玫瑰不叫玫瑰,依然芳香如故。
Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. (Romeo and Juliet 2.3) 年轻人的爱不是发自内心,而是全靠眼睛。——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. (Romeo and Juliet 2.2) 那是东方,而朱丽叶就是太阳。——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》
A little more than kin, and less than kind. (Hamlet 1.2) 超乎寻常的亲族,漠不相关的路人。——《哈姆雷特》