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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
要準確詳盡地敘述那段歷史根本用不著我這桿妙筆生花的筆。
注：意思是“殺雞焉用宰牛刀，我是大文豪，沒有時間寫那些東西”。

When I arrived in Paris fourteen years ago I had only one piece of luggage. I left with 34 pieces of luggage. I still had only one pieces of luggage; my wife’s clothes accounted for the others.
十四年前我到巴黎時，只帶著一個箱子，現在我離開時帶著34個箱子，我自己仍然只有一個箱子，其它箱子里面都是我太太的衣服。
注：他仍然算一個成功人士，太太的滿足就是丈夫的成就。

So far I haven’t heard of anybody who wants to stop living on account of the cost.
到目前為止我還沒有聽說過誰因為費用問題而想要停止生活。
注：在中國有一些，有因為孩子上不起學自殺的。

There’s no accounting for taste, as the women said when somebody mentioned that her son was wanted by the police.
人和人的口味是不一樣的，（例如）當女人說有人告訴她警察想要（通緝）她兒子時。
注：want：想要；通緝。

BANK MANAGER. Can I be of service to you?
GROUCHO. Yes --- steal some money from one of your rich clients and credit it to my account.
銀行經理：我能為您做什么嗎？
GROUCHO（人名）：好的，——從你們有錢的客戶那偷點兒錢，存到我的帳戶里。
注：我覺得那樣不太好。

The love game is never called off on account of darkness.
愛情游戲從來不會因為天黑而取消。
注：戀人經常哪黑去哪兒。