○  Of Love 论爱情  ○

check once with business, it troubleth men's fortunes, and maketh men, that they can no ways be true to their own ends. 
由此可见，人们应当十分警惕这种感情．因为它不但会使人丧失其他，而且可以使人丧失自己本身．甚至其他方面的损失，古诗人早告诉我们，那追求海伦的人，是放弃了财富和智慧的(5)． 
I know not how, but martial men are given to love: I think, it is but as they are given to wine; for perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures. 
我不懂是什么缘故，使许多军人更容易堕入情网，也许这正象他们嗜爱饮酒一样，是因为危险的生活更需要欢乐的补偿． 
There is in man's nature, a secret inclination and motion, towards love of others, which if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many, and maketh men become humane and chari ; as it is seen sometime in friars. 
人心中可能普遍具有一种博爱倾向，若不集中于某个专一的对象身上，就必然施之于更广泛的大众，使他成为仁善的人，象有的僧侣那样． 
Nuptial love maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth, and embaseth it. 
夫妻的爱，使人类繁衍．朋友的爱，给人以帮助．但那荒淫纵欲的爱，却只会使人堕落毁灭啊！

 

附注： 
(1) 古希腊神话，传说地中海有魔女，歌喉动听，诱使过往船只陷入险境．
(2) 原文为“Flries”，传说中的地狱之神．
(3) 安东尼，恺撒部将．后因迷恋女色而战败被杀．克劳底亚，古罗马执政官，亦因好色而被杀．
(4) 埃辟克拉斯（前342--前270年），古罗马哲学家．
(5) 古希腊神话，传说天后赫拉，智慧之神密纳发和美神维纳斯，为争夺金苹果，请特洛伊王子评 

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