双语对照 ● To Love Oneself Is the Beginning 爱自己是一场毕生浪漫...

◎ Oscar Wilde

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

爱自己是一场毕生浪漫的开始。

Love yourself. Love the things that make you you. Your values and talents and memories. Your clothes, your nose, your woes[11]. If you love yourself, you can jump into your life from a springboard of self-confidence. If you love yourself, you can say what you want to say, go where you want to go. The world can be a tough place, and some of the billions of people out there will try to knock you down. Don’t join them.

爱自己。热爱一切让你成为你自己的事物。你的价值，你的才能，你的回忆。你的衣服，你的鼻子，你的悲伤。如果你爱自己，你就能在自信的跳板上跃入生活。如果你爱自己，你就能畅所欲言，所向披靡。这个世界是冷酷无情的，成千上亿的人等着将你打倒。不要和他们同流合污。

Do things that make you proud, then take pride in what you do. And in who you are.

做能让你自豪的事，然后为你所做的事自豪，为自己自豪。

Who are you anyway? What makes you you? How are you like your siblings[12]and neighbors and friends? How are you different? If you were your own secret admirer, what would you most admire?

那么，你究竟是谁呢？是什么让你成为你自己呢？你和你的兄弟姐妹、邻居好友又有什么相同点？你有什么与众不同的地方？如果你是自己的秘密崇拜者，那么你最崇拜自己的又是哪一点呢？

“My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself,” Oscar Wilde wrote, “is that one day I ceased my obstinate[13]pursuit of my own individuality.” Keep pursuing your individuality. Keep being yourself. Becoming yourself. It can be comforting to dress and act like everyone else. But it is grander to be different, to be unique, to be you. I’m the only me in the whole wide world.

“我犯了一个大错，因此我无法原谅我自己，”奥斯卡·王尔德写道，“就是有一天我停止追求自己的个性。”继续追求你的个性。继续做你自己。成为你自己。穿衣和举止与别人一样是件容易的事情。但是，更值得骄傲的事是：让自己与众不同，让自己特别，让自己成为你自己。世界之大，唯我是我。

There is always one true inner voice. Trust it.

总有一个来自内心的真实之声。听从它吧！

~ Gloria Steinem

——葛萝莉亚·史丹能

Sometimes it’s hard to know who you are and what you want and whom you like and why you like that person. The answers change because you’re changing. Growing. But deep inside, you are you. You were you as a baby, you were you as a kid, and you are you right now. “Let me listen to me and not to them.” wrote Gertrude Stein.

有时，你很难弄清你是谁，你想做什么，你喜欢谁，你又为什么喜欢这个人。你在变，在成长，所以答案也在变。然而，在你内心深处，总有一个声音告诉你：你就是你。不论婴儿还是孩童，你就是现在的你。“让我听从自己的，而不是他们的意见。”葛楚德·史坦写道。

It makes sense to consider the advice and opinions of other people. But don’t let their noise drown out your inner voice. And don’t let the way you sometimes talk or behave in front of others make you lose sight of who you are when you are alone, when you are most you.

你可以参考别人的意见和看法。但是别让他们的想法淹没你内心的声音。不要因为偶尔出现在人前的谈吐、举止，而忘记独处时的你，那才是最真的自己。

“You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself,” aviator Beryl Markham cautioned. Get acquainted with yourself.Tune in to the dreams you have by day and by night. Blend in when you choose to, but appreciate what sets you apart. “The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.” said Jamie Lee Curtis.

“人活一世，不要临了时才发现，你了解别人要胜过了解自己。”飞行员贝丽尔·马卡姆劝诫道。认识自己。走入你的梦境，不论白天还是黑夜。当你选择走入人群时，那就去做吧！但是，别忘了感谢那些让你与众不同的东西。“我越发爱自己，我就越发不会把自己伪装成别人。”杰米·李·柯蒂斯说道。

美丽语录

Best case scenario: I love myself; I enjoy living; I smile because I’m happy not because I have to.

最好的情景：爱自己；享受生活；发自内心地微笑。