培根優(yōu)秀散文專(zhuān)八翻譯練習(xí)論愛(ài)情

1、Thestageismebeholdingtolovethanthelifeofman.Fastothestageloveisevermatterofcomediesnowthenoftragediesbutinlifeitdothmuchmischiefsometimeslikeasirensometimeslikeafury.Youmayobservethatamongstallthegreatwthypersons(whereof

2、thememyremaiheitherancientrecent)thereisnotonethathathbeentransptedtothemaddegreeoflove:whichshowsthatgreatspiritsgreatbusinessdokeepoutthisweakpassion.YoumustexceptneverthelessMarcusAntoniusthehalfpartneroftheempireofRo

3、meAppiusClaudiusthedecemvirlawgiverwhereofthefmerwasindeedavoluptuousmanindinatebutthelatterwasanausterewiseman:therefeitseems(thoughrarely)thatlovecanfindentrancenotonlyintoanopenheartbutalsointoaheartwellftifiedifwatch

4、benotwellkept.ItisaposayingofEpicurusSatismagnumalteralteritheatrumsumusasifmanmadefthecontemplationofheavenallnobleobjectsshoulddonothingbutkneelbefealittleidolmakehimselfasubjectthoughnotofthemouth(asbeastsare)yetofthe

5、eyewhichwasgivenhimfhigherpurposes.Itisastrangethingtonotetheexcessofthispassionhowitbravesthenaturevalueofthingsbythisthatthespeakinginaperpetualhyperboleiscomelyinnothingbutinlove.Neitherisitmerelyinthephrasefwhereasit

6、hathbeenwellsaidthatthearchflattererwithwhomallthepettyflatterershaveintelligenceisaman`sselfcertainlytheloverisme.FtherewasneverproudmanthoughtsoabsurdlywellofhimselfastheloverdothofthepersonlovedtherefeitwaswellsaidTha

7、titisimpossibletolovetobewise.Neitherdoththisweaknessappeartoothersonlynottothepartylovedbuttothelovedmostofallexceptthelovebereciproque.Fitisatruerulethatloveiseverrewardedeitherwiththereciproquewithaninwardsecretcontem

8、pt.舞臺(tái)上的愛(ài)情比生活中的愛(ài)情要美好得多。因?yàn)樵谖枧_(tái)上，愛(ài)情只是喜劇和悲劇的素材。而在人生中，愛(ài)情卻常常招來(lái)不幸。它有時(shí)像那位誘惑人的魔女，有時(shí)又像那位復(fù)仇的女神。你可以看到，一切真正偉大的人物（無(wú)論是古人、今人，只要是其英名永銘于人類(lèi)記憶中的），“沒(méi)有一個(gè)是因愛(ài)情而發(fā)狂的人：因?yàn)閭ゴ蟮氖聵I(yè)抑制了這種軟弱的感憎。只有羅馬的安東尼和克勞底亞是例外。前者本性就好色荒淫，然而后者卻是嚴(yán)肅多謀的人。所以愛(ài)情不僅會(huì)占領(lǐng)開(kāi)曠坦闊的胸懷，有時(shí)也能闖

9、入壁壘森嚴(yán)的心靈－－假如守御不嚴(yán)的話。埃皮克拉斯曾說(shuō)過(guò)一句笑話：“人生不過(guò)是一座大戲臺(tái)?！彼坪醣緫?yīng)努力追求高尚事業(yè)的人類(lèi)，卻只應(yīng)像玩偶奴隸般地逢場(chǎng)作戲似的。雖然愛(ài)情的奴隸并不同于那班只顧吃喝的禽獸，但畢竟也只是眼目色相的奴隸－－而上帝賜人以眼睛本來(lái)是更高尚的用途的。過(guò)度的愛(ài)情追求，必然會(huì)降低人本身的價(jià)值。例如，只有在愛(ài)情中，才永遠(yuǎn)需要那種浮夸謅媚的詞令。而在其他場(chǎng)合，同樣的詞令只能招人恥笑。古人有一句名言：“最大的奉承，人總是留給自己的