○  OfLove论爱情  ○

   舞台上的爱情生活比生活中的爱情要美好得多。因为在舞台上，爱情只是喜剧和悲剧的素材，而在人生中，爱情却常常招来不幸。它有时象那位诱惑人的魔女(1)，有时又象那位复仇的女神(2)。youmayoerve,thatamongstallthegreatandworthyperso(whereofthememoryremaineth,eitherancientorrecent)thereisnotone,thathathbeentraortedtothemaddegreeoflove:whichshowsthatgreatirits,andgreatbusine,dokeepoutthisweakpaion.youmustexcept,neverthele,marcusantonius,thehalfpartneroftheempireofrome,andaiusclaudius,thedecemvirandlawgiver;whereoftheformerwasindeedavoluptuousman,andinordinate;butthelatterwasanaustereandwiseman:andthereforeitseems(thoughrarely)thatlovecanfindentrance,notonlyintoanopenheart,butalsointoaheartwellfortified,ifwatchbenotwellkept.    你可以看到，一切真正伟大的人物(无论是古人、今人，只要是其英名永铭于人类记忆中的)，没有一个是因爱情而发狂的人。因为伟大的事业只有罗马的安东尼和克劳底亚是例外(3)。前者本性就好色荒淫，然而后者却是严肃多谋的人。这说明爱情不仅会占领开旷坦阔的胸怀，有时也能闯入壁垒森严的心灵----假如手御不严的话。
   itisapoorsayingofepicurus,satismagnumalteralteritheatrumsumuasifman,madeforthecontemplationofheaven,andallnobleobjects,shoulddonothingbutkneelbeforealittleidol,andmakehimselfasubject,thoughnotofthemouth(asbeastsare),yetoftheeye;whichwasgivenhimforhigherpurposes.
   埃辟克拉斯(4)曾说过一句笨话：“人生不过是一座大戏台。”似乎本应努力追求高尚事业的人类，却只应象玩偶般地逢场作戏。虽然爱情的奴隶并不同于那班只顾吃喝的禽兽，但毕竟也只是眼目色相的奴隶，而上帝赐人以眼睛本来是有更高尚的用途的。
   itisastrangething,tonotetheexceofthispaion,andhowitbravesthenature,andvalueofthings,bythithattheeakinginaperpetualhyperbole,iscomelyinnothingbutinlove.neitherisitmerelyinthephrase;forwhereasithathbeenwellsaid,thatthearch-flatterer,withwhomallthepettyflatterershaveintelligence,isaman''sself;certainlytheloverismore.fortherewasneverproudmanthoughtsoaurdlywellofhimself,astheloverdothofthepersonloved;andthereforeitwaswellsaid,thatitisimpoibletolove,andtobewise.neitherdoththisweakneaeartoothersonly,andnottothepartyloved;buttothelovedmostofall,exceptthelovebereciproque.foritisatruerule,thatloveiseverreward

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