“毒舌”王尔德其实是个胖子
“我们都在阴沟里,但仍有人仰望星空”。
1854年10月16日,英国唯美主义作家奥斯卡·王尔德(Oscar Wilde,1854-1900)出生,这是他最广为流传的话。
“一个人生活中的真实事情不是他所做的那些事,而是围绕着他形成的传奇。你永远不该摧毁传奇。只有通过它们,我们才可能对一个人的真实相貌略有了解。”
“只有浅薄的人,才不根据外表来做判断。”
“我们生活在这样一个时代,人们对待艺术的方式让人觉得它本该就是一种自传形式。”
悲剧
tragedy
○ There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
人生有两个悲剧,第一是想得到的得不到,第二是想得到的得到了。
浪漫
romance
○ To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
爱自己是终身浪漫的开始。
做自己
be yourself
○ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
做你自己,因为别人都有人做了。
青春
youth
○ 你拥有青春的时候,就要感受它。不要虚掷你的黄金时代,不要去倾听枯燥乏味的东西,不要设法挽留无望的失败,不要把你的生命献给无知、平庸和低俗。这些都是我们时代病态的目标,虚假的理想。活着!把你宝贵的内在生命活出来。什么都别错过。
自言自语
talking myself
○ I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
我喜欢自言自语,因为这样节约时间,而且不会有人跟我争论。
真诚
sincerity
○ A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
不够真诚是危险的,太真诚则绝对是致命的。
生活
to live
○ To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
生活是世上最罕见的事情,大多数人只是存在,仅此而已。
善待
be kind
○ One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.
一个人总是可以善待他毫不在意的人。
敌人
enemy
○ Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
永远宽恕你的敌人,没有什么能比这个更让他们恼怒的了。
君王
king
○ Everyone is born king, and most people die in exile.
每个人生来都是君王,但大多数在流亡中死去。
吸引
attractive
○ There are only two kinds of people who are most attractive, one who knows everything, and one who knows nothing.
只有两种人最具有吸引力,一种是无所不知的人,一种是一无所知的人。
自私
selfishness
○ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
过自己想要的生活不是自私,要求别人按自己的意愿生活才是。
心碎
heart-broken
○ The heart was made to be broken.
心是用来碎的。
男人
man
○ I like men who have a future and women who have a past .
我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人。
青年
the young
○ The old believe everything, the Middle Ages doubt everything, and the young know everything.
老年人相信一切,中年人怀疑一切,青年人什么都懂。
钱
money
○ When I was young, I thought money was everything, and now I'm old enough to know that it's true.
年轻的时候我以为钱就是一切,现在老了才知道,确实如此。
离婚
divorce
○ What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.
什么是离婚的主要原因?结婚。
肤浅
shallow
○ It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.
只有肤浅的人才不会以貌取人
爱
love
○ When one is in love, one always begins by deceiveing one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what would calls a romance.
爱,始于自我欺骗,终于欺骗他人。这就是所谓的浪漫。
浪漫
romance
○ The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
浪漫的本质是不确定性。
富有
rich
○ No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.
没有人富有到可以赎回自己的过去。
灵魂
soul
○ Pleasure for the beautiful body,but pain for the beautiful soul.
美好的肉体是为了享乐,美好的灵魂是为了痛苦。
终身不渝
a life-long passion
○ The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
逢场作戏和终身不渝之间的区别只在于逢场作戏稍微长一些。
人生
life
○ Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.
人生就是一件蠢事追着另一件蠢事而来,而爱情则是两个蠢东西追来追去。
教育
education
○ Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
教育是一件可敬的事,但要时刻牢记,没有什么值得知道的事是教得会的。
友谊
friendship
○ Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
男女之间不可能存在友谊,有的只是爱恨情仇。
乐观
optimism
○ The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
乐观的基础完全是恐惧。
忠告
good advice
○ The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
对于忠告,你所能做的,就是把它奉送给别人,忠告从来就不是给自己准备的。
诱惑
temptation
○ The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
摆脱诱惑的唯一方法是屈服于它。
失败
failure
○ Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
雄心壮志是失败最后的避难所。
结婚
marriage
○ Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
结婚是想象战胜了理智,再婚是希望战胜了经验。
嫉妒
jealous
○ It is very easy to endure the difficulties of one's enemies. It is the successes of one's friends that are hard to bear.
来自敌人的困难可以忍,来自朋友的成功则无可忍。
思想
idea
○ An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
一个思想若称不上危险,那么它就不值得被称作思想。
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