李敖10大霹雳名句,秒杀一切段子手(中英对照)

“以玩世来醒世,用骂世而救世”。

李敖,字敖之,是当代著名的作家、诗人、思想家,批评家;台湾省无党派人士,曾任台湾“立法委员”。因其文笔犀利、批判色彩浓厚,嬉笑怒骂皆成文章,所以自诩为“中国白话文第一人”。

他写过《北京法源寺》、《审判美国》、《红色11》等100多本书,但其中96本都被列为禁书,创下记录。

这位备受争议、但又被无数人追捧的文化明星,昨日因病离世,这个世界又失去了一个有趣的灵魂。

下面我挑选了李敖先生曾说过的10句非常“犀利”的名言,尽显其“金刚怒目、菩萨低眉”的本性。为了符合这个公众号的定位,我还将这些句子译成了英文,让我们一起感受李敖先生的快意人生,也一同缅怀大师曾经给我们带来的种种思考。

青年李敖

1. 铁杵能磨成针,但木杵只能磨成牙签。材料不对,再努力也没用。

An iron pestle can be ground into a needle while a wooden pestle can only be ground into a toothpick. If the material is wrong, hard work never pays off. 

2. 作弱者,多不得好活;作强者,多不得好死。

Weak people mostly cannot live a good life, while strong people mostly cannot die in peace.  

3. 别人都骂人都说王八蛋,可我有一个本领,我能证明你是王八蛋。

Others curse only by yelling “son of a bitch”, but what’s special about me is that I can prove you are a son of a bitch.

李敖大闹台湾“立法委”

4. 有时解释是不必要的:敌人不信你的解释,朋友无须你的解释。

Sometimes explanation is point less: your enemies don’t believe it and your friends don’t need it.

5. 世界上最讨人厌的一种话就是失败者的理由。

The most disgusting type of talking is losers’ excuses.

6. 人生第一快乐是做到自己认为自己做不到的事,人生第二快乐是做到别人认为自己做不到的事。

The first happiness in life is to achieve something you think you cannot achieve. The second one is to achieve something others think you cannot achieve.

我曾经最爱的一档凤凰卫视的栏目

7. 富兰克林讲了一句话,非常动人,他说:“哪里有自由,哪里就是我的祖国”。这句话被我李敖改写成“这里是我的国家,我要使它自由”。

Mr. Franklin left us an inspiring quote: where liberty is, there is my country. And I, Li Ao, change it to “This is my country, and I will make it free.”

8. 谈恋爱是以自欺始,欺人终;搞政治是以欺人始,以自欺终。

Having a romance starts with deceiving yourself and end up deceiving others, while engaging in politics starts with deceiving others and end up deceiving yourself.

李敖曾经的妻子,台湾第一美女胡因梦

9. 其实,这就是人生,你不能全选全得,你有所取有所不取,有所不取,就该坦然面对有所失,有所失就有所得。

To be honest, this is life. You cannot take all, and there is something you should take and something you shouldn’t. So, we should calmly face all the losses, because losing something means gaining something.

10. 任何人都不配与我一战,没有人能战胜我,因为我不可战胜。不要与我辩论,你多说一句就多暴露一分愚蠢。

Nobody is qualified to fight against me, and nobody can defeat me, because I am undefeatable. Never ever argue with me, because every single word you say is nothing but a testimony of your stupidity. 

李敖先生

R.I.P

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