“There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”
Na svete existujú dva typy ľudí: tí, ktorí chcú vedieť, a tí, ktorí chcú veriť.
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“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”
Niečo ti poviem, priateľ môj. Nádej je nebezpečná vec. Nádej môže človeka priviesť k šialenstvu.
Zdroj: Different Seasons
“Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.”
Zo všetkých vecí, ktoré som stratil, mi najviac chýba moja myseľ.
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
Nebojím sa smrti. Umrel som už milióny a miliardy rokov predtým, ako som sa narodil, a nemal som z toho žiadne nepríjemnosti.
“I believe in only one thing, the power of human will.”
Verím len v jednu vec, v silu ľudskej vôle.
“To be interesting, be interested.”
Na to, aby si bol zaujímavý, sa musíš zaujímať.
Zdroj: How to Win Friends and Influence People
“To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.”
“Listen, the next revolution is gonna be a revolution of ideas.”
Počujte, ďalšia revolúcia bude revolúciou myšlienok.
“The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the greater the number of people he is connected with, the more power he has over other people, the more obvious is the predestination and inevitability of his every action.”
Čím vyššie stojí človek na spoločenskom rebríčku, tým väčší je počet ľudí, s ktorými je spojený, tým väčšiu moc má nad ostatnými ľuďmi, tým je zrejmejšia predurčenosť a nevyhnutnosť každého jeho konania.
Zdroj: War and Peace
“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.”
Ako by ste mohli zabíjať čas a neporaniť pritom večnosť.
Zdroj: Walden
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
Najhlbším princípom ľudskej povahy je túžba byť ocenený.
“there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.”
Nie je na škodu dúfať v to najlepšie, pokiaľ ste pripravení aj na najhoršie.
Zdroj: Different Seasons
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”
Tí, ktorí šťastie nehľadajú, ho najpravdepodobnejšie nájdu. Pretože tí, ktorí ho hľadajú, často zabúdajú, že najistejšou cestou k šťastiu je hľadať šťastie pre ostatných.
“It is impossible to love and be wise.”
Je nemožné ľúbiť a byť múdry.
“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
Určite spravíte hlúpe veci, ale spravte ich s nadšením.
New York World-Telegram and Sun (1961)
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
Hovorte, keď ste nahnevaní, a prednesiete najlepší prejav, aký budete kedy ľutovať.
“As you think, so shall you become.”
Ako myslíš, takým sa staneš.
“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
Šarm zasiahne zrak, ale cnosť vyhráva dušu.
Canto V, line 33.
Varianta: Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Zdroj: The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)
“Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.”
Nehádaj sa s ňou: je šialená.
Zdroj: Richard III
“Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling.”
Tí, ktorí zabraňujú akýmkoľvek túžbam, tak robia preto, lebo ich túžba je príliš slabá a preto jej môžu zabrániť; a ten ktorý obmedzuje túžbam uchváti ich miesto a vládne neochotným.
The Voice of the Devil
Zdroj: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793)
“I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”
Zistil som, že niet istejšej cesty, ako zistiť či ľudí máte radi, alebo ich nenávidíte, ako cestovať s nimi.
Zdroj: Tom Sawyer Abroad
“Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”
Nájdite vo svojom vnútri miesto, kde je radosť, a radosť preženie bolesť.
Varianta: Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
“The only journey is the one within.”
Jediná cesta je tá vo vnútri vás.
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
Láskavosť je jazyk, ktorý nepočujúci počujú a nevidiaci vidia.
Unsourced in The Philosophy of Mark Twain: The Wit and Wisdom of a Literary Genius (2014) by David Graham
Disputed
“All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful, but the beauty is grim.”
Všetky mestá sú šialené, ale to šialenstvo je galantné. Všetky mestá sú krásne, ale tá krása je pochmúrna.
“Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.”
Žena nebola stvorená pre to, aby ju každý obdivoval, ale preto, aby urobila šťastným jedného muža.
“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”
Neexistujú žiadne zlé fotografie, proste tak vaša tvár niekedy vyzerá.
“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament.”
Potlačeným je raz za niekoľko rokov dovolené rozhodnúť sa, ktorých konkrétnych predstaviteľov utláčanej triedy si zvolia, aby ich reprezentovali a potláčali v parlamente.
Actually from State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin, paraphrasing Marx in The Civil War in France.
Misattributed
“The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”
Inteligencia tvora známeho ako dav je druhá odmocnina počtu ľudí v ňom.
Zdroj: Jingo
“Everything is the way it is because everything was the way it was”
Všetko je presne také, aké je, pretože všetko bolo také, aké bolo.
Zdroj: Everything Is Illuminated
“If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”
Ak milujete život, neplytvajte časom, pretože čas je to, z čoho sa život skladá.
Zdroj: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 10; Here Lee paraphrases a much older English proverb: If you care for life, don't waste your time; for time is what life is made of. (as quoted in Bordighera and the Western Riviera (1883) by Frederick Fitzroy Hamilton, p. 189).
Kontext: Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
“When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.”
Odchod jedného, znamená príchod niekoho druhého.
Varianta: When someone leaves, its because someone else is about to arrive- I'll find love again.
Zdroj: The Zahir
“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.”
Hudba je vyššie zjavenie ako všetka múdrosť a filozofia.
Musik höhere Offenbarung ist als alle Weisheit und Philosophie.
http://books.google.com/books?id=W2k6AAAAcAAJ&q=%22Musik+h%C3%B6here+Offenbarung+ist+als+alle+Weisheit+und+Philosophie%22&pg=PA193#v=onepage
As reported by Bettina von Arnim in a letter to Goethe, 28 May 1810.
Goethe's Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde: Seinem Denkmal, Volume 2, Dümmler, 1835, p. 193.
Varianta: Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
“Till this moment I never knew myself.”
Až do tejto chvíle som nepoznala samú seba.
Zdroj: Pride and Prejudice
“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.”
Nestačí mať dobrý rozum. Najdôležitejšie je správne ho používať.
Varianta: It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Zdroj: Discourse on Method
“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
Naše bohatstvo nespočíva v tom, čo vlastníme, ale v tom, bez čoho sa dokážeme zaobísť.
Varianta: We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.
“I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.”
Žijem svoj život v rozširujúcich sa kruhoch, ktoré sa rozprestierajú po celom svete.
Zdroj: Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
“And yet women-good women--frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep.”
A predsa ma ženy - dobré ženy - desili, lebo nakoniec chceli tvoju dušu, a to, čo zostalo z mojej, som si chcel nechať.
Zdroj: Women
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…”
Zámerne som išiel do lesa, pretože som chcel žiť.
“What is now proved was once only imagined.”
To, čo si kedysi len predstavovali, je dnes už dokázané.
“Friendship… is not something you learn in school, but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship you really haven't learned anything.”
Priateľstvo sa neučí v škole, ale ak ste sa nenaučili význam priateľstva, nenaučili ste sa vlastne nič.
“Words are loaded pistols.”
Slová sú nabité pištole.
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
Pane, akí hlupáci sú títo smrteľníci!
Puck, Act III, scene ii.
Varianta: Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
Zdroj: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.”
Doba je zlá. Deti už neposlúchajú svojich rodičov a každý píše knihu.
As quoted in InfoWorld https://books.google.gr/books?id=qjgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49&dq=, Vol. 23, No. 16, 16 April 2001, p. 49. This had been attributed previously to many other sources from 1908 on, according to this analysis https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/22/world-end/ by Quote Investigator.
Misattributed
“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.”
V živote nie je žiadna spravodlivosť, a pre väčšinu z nás je to možno dobre.
“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
Netrápilo by ťa, čo si o tebe ľudia myslia, ak by si si uvedomil, ako zriedkavo to robia.
“Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?”
Myslíte si, že je možné, aby sa celý národ zbláznil?
Zdroj: Monstrous Regiment
“Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.”
Dnešok je naším najcennejším majetkom. Je to náš jediný istý majetok.
Zdroj: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
Keby mačky vyzerali ako žaby, uvedomili by sme si, akí škaredí a krutí bastardi to sú. Štýl. To je to, čo si ľudia pamätajú.
Zdroj: Lords and Ladies
“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”
Keby každý požadoval mier namiesto nejakého televízneho prijímača, tak by nastal mier.
As quoted in Guitar Player (1 August 2004), and in "Pax Patter" at ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) http://www.abc.net.au/civics/rights/pax.htm
Varianta: When we say "War is over if you want it," we mean that if everyone demanded peace instead of another TV set, we'd have peace.
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
Kým človek nerozšíri kruh svojho súcitu na všetko živé, sám nenájde pokoj.
Variant translation: Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Variant translation: Until we extend the circle of compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace.
Kulturphilosophie (1923)
“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”
Začiatkom poznania je objavenie niečoho, čomu nerozumieme.
“Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!”
Prečo by sme mali prijímať rady o sexe od pápeža? Ak o tom vôbec niečo vie, tak by nemal!
“A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover.”
Taká láska bola ako vážna choroba, choroba, z ktorej sa nikdy úplne nezotavíš.
Zdroj: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”
Je lepšie zaslúžiť si vyznamenanie a nemať ho ako mať a nezaslúžiť si ho.
“You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.”
Nemôžete odmietnuť smiech; keď príde, sadne si do vášho obľúbeného kresla a zostane tak dlho, ako sa mu zachce.
“People are not lazy, they simply have impotent goals.. that is.. goals that do not inspire them.”
Ľudia nie sú leniví, len majú impotentné ciele.. to znamená.. ciele, ktoré ich neinšpirujú.
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
Knihy sú jedinečné prenosné kúzla.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Varianta: Books are a uniquely portable magic
“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
Všetko musí byť čo najjednoduchšie. Ale nie zjednodušené.
Varianta: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
“The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”
Osoba, ktorá píše pre bláznov, si je vždy istá, že bude mať veľké publikum.
Zdroj: Religion: A Dialogue and Other Essays
“because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars…”
pretože nemal miesto, kde by mohol zostať, bez toho, aby ho to unavilo, a pretože nemal kam ísť, len všade, neustále sa váľať pod hviezdami ...
Zdroj: On the Road
“It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.”
Často iba stačí byť s niekým. Nemusím sa ich dotýkať. Ani s nimi hovoriť. Prechádza medzi vami určitý pocit. Nie ste sami.
“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
Dôležitá vec je neprestať sa pýtať.
Old Man's Advice to Youth: "Never Lose a Holy Curiosity," http://books.google.com/books?id=dlYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=Life%2C%202%20May%201955&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q=Life,%202%20May%201955&f=false LIFE magazine (2 May 1955) statement to William Miller, p. 64.
1950s
Kontext: The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. Never lose a holy curiosity. … Don't stop to marvel.
“I am doing something I hate for you. This is what it means to be in love.”
Robím pre teba niečo, čo nenávidím. Práve to znamená byť zamilovaný.
Zdroj: Everything Is Illuminated
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Veľké duše sa vždy stretali s násilným odporom u tých s priemernou mysľou.
Varianta: Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.
“Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.”
Miluj Jo po všetky dni, ak sa rozhodneš, ale nenechaj sa ňou rozmaznávať, lebo je zlé zahodiť toľko dobrých darov, pretože nemôžeš mať ten, ktorý chceš.
Zdroj: Little Women
“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”
Najväčším liekom na hnev je odklad.
“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.”
Keď všetko zlyhá, vzdaj to a choď do knižnice.
Zdroj: 11/22/63
“The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.”
Osamelý ponúka svoju ruku príliš rýchlo komukoľvek, koho stretne.
Zdroj: Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
“In fact living is dying.”
V skutočnosti je život umieraním.
Zdroj: Bel-Ami
“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.”
Ak má človek vrhať slnečné svetlo na iných ľudí, musí ho mať predovšetkým v sebe.
“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.”
Zdroj: War and Peace
“Expectation is the root of all heartache.”
Očakávanie je príčinou všetkých zármutkov.
“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”
Nemá zmysel niečo robiť, ak by niekto niekde nebol radšej, keby ste to nerobili.
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”
Najhrozivejšia vec je úplne prijať seba samého.
“What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.”
Aké hrozné časy to boli - mať túžbu a potrebu žiť, ale nebyť toho schopný.
Zdroj: Ham on Rye
“Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.”
Umenie je jediná vážna vec na svete. A umelec je jediný človek, ktorý nie je nikdy vážny.
A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)
“All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.”
Všetky zovšeobecnenia sú nebezpečné, aj toto.
“One is alone when the last one who remembers is gone.”
Človek je skutočne sám vtedy, keď posledný, kto si ho pamätal, už nie je medzi nami.
Zdroj: A Murder Is Announced
“Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.”
Buďte úctivý pred úsvitom. Nemyslite na to, čo bude o rok alebo o desať rokov. Myslite na dnešný deň.
Gottfried to Jean-Christophe. Part 3: Ada
Jean-Christophe (1904 - 1912), Youth (1904)
Zdroj: Jean Christophe Vol I
Kontext: Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day. Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. Do not abuse life. Live in to-day. Be reverent towards each day.
Kontext: Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day. Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. Do not abuse life. Live in to-day. Be reverent towards each day. Love it, respect it, do not sully it, do not hinder it from coming to flower. Love it even when it is gray and sad like to-day. Do not be anxious. See. It is winter now. Everything is asleep. The good earth will awake again. You have only to be good and patient like the earth. Be reverent. Wait. If you are good, all will go well. If you are not, if you are weak, if you do not succeed, well, you must be happy in that. No doubt it is the best you can do. So, then, why will? Why be angry because of what you cannot do? We all have to do what we can.... Als ich kann.
“Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
Zo všetkých Božích stvorení je len jedno, ktoré sa nemôže stať otrokom na vodítku. Je to mačka. Keby sa človek mohol skrížiť s mačkou, zlepšilo by to človeka, ale degradovalo by to mačku.
“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”
V láske potrebujeme praktizovať iba toto: nechať druhého odísť. Pretože držať sa niekoho je ľahké; tomu sa už nemusíme učiť.
Zdroj: Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live.”
Neodputávaj sa nikdy od svojich ilúzií! Keď zmiznú budeš ďalej existovať, ale prestaneš žiť.
Zdroj: Following the Equator (1897), Ch. LXII
“The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.”
Práca očí je hotová. Teraz choďte a pracujte na obrázkoch, ktoré sú uväznené vo vašom srdci.
Wendung (Turning Point), as translated by Stephen Mitchell
“You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought”
Nie vždy vyhráte svoje boje, ale je dobré si uvedomiť, že ste bojovali.
“Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.”
Písanie nie je život, ale myslím si, že niekedy môže byť cestou späť do života.
Zdroj: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”
Každú ťažkosť rozdeľte na toľko častí, koľko je možné a potrebné na jej vyriešenie.
Zdroj: Discourse on Method
“Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”
Život napodobňuje umenie oveľa viac, ako umenie napodobňuje život.
“Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.”
Práca na dobrom diele prebieha v troch rovinách: hudobnej, kde sa komponuje, architektonickej, kde sa konštruuje, a napokon textilnej, kde sa tká.
Zdroj: One Way Street And Other Writings
“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”
Hudba vytvára druh potešenia, bez ktorého sa ľudská prirodzenosť nezaobíde.
Zdroj: The Book of Rites
“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.”
Keď som bola malá, nikto mi nikdy nepovedal, že som pekná. Všetkým malým dievčatám by sa malo hovoriť, že sú pekné, aj keď nie sú.
Varianta: No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.
“I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.”
Držím sa vyšších a veľkolepejších zásad ako George Washington. On nevedel klamať - ja viem, ale nebudem.
“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”
Nikto nikoho nestratí, pretože nikto nikoho nevlastní. To je skutočná skúsenosť so slobodou: mať najdôležitejšiu vec na svete bez toho, aby ste ju vlastnili.
Varianta: i am convinced that no one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone.
that is the true experience of freedom:having the most important thing in the world without owning it.
Zdroj: Eleven Minutes
“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
Je dosť ťažké si spomenúť na moje názory, bez toho, aby som si spomenul aj na svoje dôvody!
“… inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”
Vo vnútri každého starého človeka sa skrýva mladý človek, ktorý sa čuduje, čo sa stalo.
Zdroj: Moving Pictures
“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”
Ten, kto nerozumie tvojmu mlčaniu, pravdepodobne nebude rozumieť ani tvojim slovám.
“Life has no meaning a priori … It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.”
Život nemá zmysel a priori... Je na vás, aby ste mu dali zmysel, a hodnota nie je nič iné ako zmysel, ktorý si vyberiete.
Zdroj: Existentialism Is a Humanism (1946), p. 58
“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.”
Svojich priateľov si vyberám podľa ich vzhľadu, moje známosti podľa ich charakteru a mojich nepriateľov podľa ich intelektu.
“Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.”
Dajte mi len toľko informácií, aby som mohol presvedčivo klamať.
“Nothing whets the intelligence more than a passionate suspicion, nothing develops all the faculties of an immature mind more than a trail running away into the dark.”
Nič tak nerozvíja inteligenciu ako vášnivé podozrievanie, nič tak nerozvíja všetky schopnosti nezrelej mysle ako stopa unikajúca do tmy.
Zdroj: The Burning Secret and other stories