【24 On Love 論愛情】
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The stage is more beholding to love, than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies, and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief; sometimes like a siren, sometimes like a fury.
舞台上的愛情比生活中的愛情要可觀多了。因為在舞台上,愛情可以為喜劇提供素材,有時又可以給悲劇提供;而在現實生活中,愛情卻常常帶來嚴重的損害。它有時像個蠱惑人心的魔女,有時又像是一心複仇的神女。
You may observe, that amongst all the great and worthy persons(whereof the memory remained, either ancient or recent)there is not one, that has been transported to the mad degree of love: which shows that great spirits, and great business, do keep out this weak passion. You must except, nevertheless, Marcus Antonius, the half partner of the empire of Rome, and Appius Claudius, the decemvir and lawgiver; whereof the former was indeed a voluptuous man, and inordinate; but the latter was an austere and wise man: and therefore it seems(though rarely)that love can find entrance, not only into an open heart, but also into a heart well fortified, if watch be not well kept.
你可以發現,一切真正偉大的人物(無論是古人還是今人,他們會被世人銘記),沒有一個因愛情而發狂。因為強大的精神和偉大的事業會排除這種不堪一擊的感情。不過羅馬的安東尼和克勞底亞是例外,一個是執行官,另一個是法律製定者。前者本性就好色荒淫,而後者卻嚴謹睿智。因此愛情似乎(儘管不太充分)不僅會占領胸懷開闊之人的心,有時也能闖入戒備森嚴的心靈——如果防守略有鬆懈的話。
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