東年選譯 

Virginia Woolf:

The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.

人生的美感有雙刃，一是歡樂一是苦惱；它們將我們的心割離。 

Mark Twain:

The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven.

幽默深處的根源不是歡樂，是悲哀；快樂的地方，不會有幽默。 

Erma Bombeck:

Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.

在困苦中發出的笑聲，那時是你最需要的，你的勇氣也能獲得獎賞。 

G. K. Chesterton:

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of their gravity.

天使能夠飛翔，因為他們讓自己輕巧；惡魔墮落，因為他們太重。 

James Thurber:

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.

能否幽默待己及處事，是件大事，我愛把它當成是我們最美妙最先天的應變能力之一，是必須全心全力保有的。 

Joel Goodman:

Humor is a universal language.

幽默是一種世界通用的語言。