Pride and Prejudice — Page 8
If cynicism means the perception of "the other side," the sense of "the accepted hells beneath," the consciousness that motives are nearly always mixed, and that to seem is not identical with to be--if this be cynicism, then every man and woman who is not a fool, who does not care to live in a fool's paradise, who has knowledge of nature and the world and life, is a cynic.
Se cinismo significa a percepção do "outro lado", o sentido dos "infernos aceitos por baixo", a consciência de que os motivos são quase sempre mistos, e que parecer não é idêntico a ser — se isso é cinismo, então todo homem e toda mulher que não seja um tolo, que não queira viver no paraíso dos tolos, que tenha conhecimento da natureza, do mundo e da vida, é um cínico.
And in that sense Miss Austen certainly was one.
E nesse sentido a senhorita Austen certamente o era.
She may even have been one in the further sense that, like her own Mr. Bennet, she took an epicurean delight in dissecting, in displaying, in setting at work her fools and her mean persons.
Ela pode até ter sido uma no sentido mais amplo de que, assim como o seu próprio Sr. Bennet, ela se deleitava epicurianamente em dissecar, em exibir, em pôr a trabalhar os seus tolos e as suas pessoas mesquinhas.
I think she did take this delight, and I do not think at all the worse of her for it as a woman, while she was immensely the better for it as an artist.
Penso que ela de facto teve esse deleite, e não a considero nem um pouco pior por isso enquanto mulher, ao passo que ela era imensamente melhor por isso enquanto artista.
In respect of her art generally, Mr. Goldwin Smith has truly observed that "metaphor has been exhausted in depicting the perfection of it, combined with the narrowness of her field;" and he has justly added that we need not go beyond her own comparison to the art of a miniature painter.
No que diz respeito à sua arte em geral, o Sr. Goldwin Smith observou acertadamente que "a metáfora foi esgotada ao retratar a perfeição dela, combinada com a estreiteza do seu campo"; e ele acrescentou com justiça que não precisamos ir além da própria comparação dela com a arte de um pintor de miniaturas.
To make this latter observation quite exact we must not use the term miniature in its restricted sense, and must think rather of Memling at one end of the history of painting and Meissonier at the other, than of Cosway or any of his kind.
Para tornar esta última observação bastante exata, não devemos usar o termo miniatura no seu sentido restrito, e devemos pensar antes em Memling numa extremidade da história da pintura e em Meissonier na outra, do que em Cosway ou qualquer um do seu tipo.
Vocabulary
- Se
- If; conditional conjunction used in Portuguese
- cinismo
- Cynicism; attitude of distrust in human motives
- significa
- Means; indicates or expresses a particular sense
- percepção
- Perception; ability to sense or understand something
- do
- Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'o'
- outro
- Other; different or additional person or thing
- lado
- Side; lateral surface or direction of something
- sentido
- Sense; direction or meaning of something
- dos
- Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'os'
- aceitos
- Accepted; received or agreed upon willingly
- por
- By; for or through indicating agency or means
- baixo
- Low; beneath or under in position or rank
- consciência
- Conscience; moral awareness of right and wrong
- de
- Of; preposition indicating possession or relationship
- que
- That; which introduces relative or subordinate clauses
- os
- The; definite article for masculine plural nouns
- motivos
- Motives; reasons or causes for actions
- são
- Are; third person plural present of 'ser'
- quase
- Almost; nearly but not quite or completely
- sempre
- Always; at all times without exception
- mistos
- Mixed; combined of different kinds or elements
- parecer
- Seem; appear to be in a certain way
- não
- Not; negation or denial of something
- idêntico
- Identical; exactly the same in every way
- ser
- Be; fundamental verb expressing existence or identity
- se
- If; conditional conjunction used in Portuguese
- isso
- That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something
- então
- Then; at that time or consequently
- todo
- All; entire or complete in amount
- homem
- Man; adult male human being or mankind
- toda
- All; entire in feminine form or amount
- mulher
- Woman; adult female human being or wife
- seja
- Be; third person singular subjunctive of 'ser'
- um
- A; indefinite article for masculine singular noun
- tolo
- Fool; silly or stupid person lacking wisdom
- queira
- Want; third person subjunctive of 'querer'
- viver
- Live; exist or dwell in a particular way
- no
- In the; contraction of 'em' and 'o'
- paraíso
- Paradise; place of perfect bliss and happiness
- tolos
- Fools; plural of tolo, silly or stupid ones
- tenha
- Have; third person singular subjunctive of 'ter'
- conhecimento
- Knowledge; understanding or awareness of information
- da
- Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'a'
- natureza
- Nature; physical world and its phenomena
- mundo
- World; earth and all its inhabitants
- vida
- Life; state of living or existence
- cínico
- Cynic; person who distrusts human motives
- nesse
- In that; contraction of 'em' and 'esse'
- senhorita
- Miss; unmarried young woman respectful form address
- certamente
- Certainly; assuredly or without doubt or question
- era
- Was; third person singular past of 'ser'
- Ela
- She; feminine third person singular pronoun
- pode
- Can; third person singular present of 'poder'
- até
- Even; up to or including a point
- ter
- Have; possess or own something as property
- sido
- Been; past participle of 'ser' auxiliary
- uma
- A; indefinite article for feminine singular noun
- mais
- More; greater in amount or degree
- amplo
- Broad; wide or extensive in scope area
- assim
- Thus; in this way or manner
- como
- Like; in the manner of or similar
- seu
- His; possessive adjective for masculine singular
- próprio
- Own; belonging to oneself personally or itself
- Sr
- Mr.; abbreviation for 'Senhor' male title
- ela
- She; feminine third person singular pronoun
- em
- In; preposition indicating location or timing
- exibir
- Display; show or exhibit something publicly
- pôr
- Put; place or set something somewhere
- trabalhar
- Work; labor or operate for employment
- seus
- His; possessive adjective for masculine plural
- as
- The; definite article for feminine plural
- suas
- Her; possessive adjective for feminine plural
- pessoas
- People; plural of person or persons
- mesquinhas
- Petty; mean or trivial in importance
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