2007年12月1日 星期六
我在讀書時,曾讀到作家Bob Moawad有這麽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.
我喜歡這段文字,也覺得特別有趣,所以便試著將它翻譯了出來:
”有些人在憤世嫉俗中死去。他們過早地失去了對人生的熱忱。或許真應該將此作為他們的墓誌銘:
死於四十,葬於八十。“