莎士比亞名句整理（中英對照）

Quotations of William Shakespeare
莎士比亞精句

Shakespeare's First Folio

{Philosophy 哲理}

1. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts… (As You Like it 2.7)

   世界是一個舞台，所有人不過是演員，都有上場的時候，也有下場的時候。一個人在一生中扮演著好幾種角色。 ——《皆大歡喜》
2. That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. (As You Like it 2.7)
   
這怪誕而豐富的歷史之最後一幕，是孩提時代的再現。全然的遺忘，沒有牙齒，沒有眼睛，沒有味覺，沒有一切。 ——《皆大歡喜》
3. The quality of mercy is not strained. (A Merchant of Venice 4.1)

   慈悲不是出於勉強。——《威尼斯商人》
4. This above all: to thine self be true. (Hamlet 1.3)

   最重要的是，你必須忠於自己。——《哈姆雷特》
5. Brevity is the soul of wit. (Hamlet 2.2)

   簡潔是智慧的靈魂。——《哈姆雷特》
6. There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. (Hamlet 2.2)

   世事本無善惡，思想使然。——《哈姆雷特》
7. To be or not to be: that is a question. (Hamlet 3.1)

   生存還是毀滅，這是一個問題。——《哈姆雷特》
8. Nothing will come of nothing. (King Lear 1.1)

   一無所有只能換來一無所有。——《李爾王》
9. Fair is foul, and foul is fair. (Macbeth 1.1)

   美即是醜，醜即是美。——《馬克白》
10. What’s done cannot be undone. (Macbeth 5.1)

    曾做過的不可重新來過。——《馬克白》
11. Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

    寧為聰明的愚夫，不作愚蠢的才子。
12. The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long.

    人生苦短，若虛度年華，短暫的人生則太長。
13. The empty vessels make the greatest sound.

    半瓶水響叮噹。 
14. A light heart lives long.

    豁達者長壽。
15. False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

    虛假的面具底下定藏著一顆虛假的心。
16. The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

    愚者自以為是，智者卻有自知之明。
17. What’s past is prologue.

    往日只是序曲。
18. Action is eloquence.

    行動即雄辯。

{Love 愛情}

1. The course of true love never did run smooth. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1.1)

   真愛無坦途。 ——《仲夏夜之夢》
2. love looks not with the eyes, but with mind. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1.1)

   愛用的不是眼睛，而是心。——《仲夏夜之夢》
3. Love is merely a madness. (As You Like It, 3.2)

   愛情不過是一種癲狂。——《皆大歡喜》
4. Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. (Romeo and Juliet 2.3)

   年輕人的愛不是發自內心，而是全靠眼睛。——《羅密歐與朱麗葉》
5. Love’s not love when it is mingled with regards that stands aloof from th’entire point. (King Lear 1.1)

   愛情要是攙雜了與它本身無關的算計，那便不是真的愛情。——《李爾王》
6. Love is like a game of tug-of-war competition not stop to the beginning.

   愛就像一場拔河比賽，開始便停不下來。
7. Love is a woman with the ears, and if the men will love, but love is to use your eyes.

   女人用耳朵戀愛，男人卻用眼睛戀愛。
8. Words can not express true love, loyalty behavior is the best explanation.

   真愛無法以言語表達，行動才是忠誠的最佳表示。
9. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

   對世界而言，你只是眾生；但對某人而言，你卻是他的世界。
10. Maybe God want us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.

    在遇到對的人之前，上天或許會先安排我們遇到錯的人；所以當我們最終遇到他時才能心存感激。

{Love words 情話}

1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

   我愛你不是因為你是誰，而是與你在一起時，我變成怎樣的自己。
2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won’t make you cry.

   沒有人值得你為他流淚，值得的人不會讓你哭泣。

{Inspiration 勵志}

1. Sweet are the uses of adversity. (As You Like It, 2.1)

   逆境自有妙處。——《皆大歡喜》
2. Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.

   不要因一次失敗，就放棄你原先決心達成的目標。
3. No matter how long night, the arrival of daylight association.

   無論黑夜多麽漫長，白晝總會到來。
4. I would like now to seriously indifferent room of wonderful.

   我只想在當下認真過得精采，無所謂好與壞。
5. Don’t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.

   不要著急，最好的總在不經意的時候出現。
6. Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.

   不要因結束而哭泣，要為它發生而微笑。

{Politics 政治}

1. ‘Tis this times’ plague, when madmen lead the blind. (King Lear 4.1)

   瘋子帶領瞎子，是這個時代的病。——《李爾王》

{Exclamation 感嘆}

1. How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes! (As You Like It)

   從別人的眼裡看見幸福，自己真有說不出的酸楚！——《皆大歡喜》
2. What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side! (Measure for Measure 3.2)

   一個人外表可以裝得像天使，但卻可能把自己隱藏在內心深處！——《一報還一報》

By Zoe Li