2007年12月1日 星期六
我在读书时,曾读到作家Bob Moawad有这么一句值得令人深思的警句:
Some people succumb to cynicism. They lose their zest for life too early and really could have this as their epitaph:
Died at 40, buried at 80.
我喜欢这段文字,也觉得特别有趣,所以便试着将它翻译了出来:
”有些人在愤世嫉俗中死去。他们过早地失去了对人生的热忱。或许真应该将此作为他们的墓志铭:
死于四十,葬于八十。“