王尔德语录
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。
Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.
宗教就像一个盲人在一间漆黑的房间里寻找一只并不存在的黑猫而且还找到了。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.
他们信誓旦旦地说,梦想总会成真——但忘了说噩梦也是梦想。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
Be moderate in all things, including moderation.
一切都要节制,包括节制本身。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
The good we get from art is not what we learn from it; it is what we become through it.
我们从艺术中获得的好处不是我们从中学到了什么,而是我们通过它变成了什么。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.
什么是离婚的主要原因?结婚。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
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。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
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。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious.
爱国主义是恶人的美德。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
民主无非是指人民为了人民拿着大棒痛击人民。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
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。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
讨厌鬼是指那种不让你独处又不提供陪伴的人。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.
悲观主义者是指那种当机会来敲门的时候抱怨吵闹的人。
——奥斯卡•王尔德
When gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayer.
若诸神要惩罚我等,必先让我等如愿以偿。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《理想丈夫》
The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
浪漫的本质是不确定性。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《理想丈夫》
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
爱自己是终身浪漫的开始。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《理想丈夫》
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
我们都在阴沟里,但仍有人仰望星空。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《温夫人的扇子》
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
生活中只有两个悲剧:一个是没有得到你想要的,另外一个是得到了你想要的。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《温夫人的扇子》
I can resist everything but temptation.
我能抵御一切——除了诱惑。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《温夫人的扇子》
To define is to limit.
定义一样东西,就意味着限制了它。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.
再普通的东西,只要你把它藏起来,它就讨人喜欢。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
只有感官才能解救灵魂,正如只有灵魂才能解救感官。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
摆脱诱惑的唯一方法是向诱惑屈服。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
Most people discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
大多数人发现他们从未后悔的事情只是他们的错误,但发现时已经太晚了。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
每一件赏心悦目的东西背后,总有一段悲哀的隐情。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
一个人做出愚蠢透顶的事情,往往是出于最高尚的动机。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
若是不怕别人捡走的话,我们有许多东西都是可以丢弃的。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
Beauty is a form of Genius--is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation.
美是天才的一种形式——说真的,高于天才,因为它不需要任何解释。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
Fashion is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
时尚通常是丑陋的一种形式,以至于人们忍无可忍地每六个月便要把它修改一下。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
Each of us has heaven and hell in him.
我们每个人都自带天堂和地狱。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.
只有肤浅的人才不以貌取人。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《道林・格雷的画像》
Any place you love is the world to you.
无论什么地方,只要你爱它,它就是你的世界。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《快乐王子》
I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.
我也许不同意你的观点,但我誓死捍卫你犯傻出丑的权利。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《夜莺与玫瑰》
Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.
幸福取决于一些多么微不足道的东西啊!我读了所有智者写的书,掌握了所有哲学的秘密,可就是因为缺一朵红玫瑰,生活就变得痛苦不堪。
——奥斯卡•王尔德 《夜莺与玫瑰》
为了自己,我必须饶恕你。一个人,不能永远在胸中养着一条毒蛇;不能夜夜起身,在灵魂的园子里栽种荆棘。
——奥斯卡•王尔德《自深深处》
All bad art is the result of good intentions.
所有糟糕的艺术都是善意的结果。
——奥斯卡•王尔德《自深深处》
It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors.
每看到一样东西,就觉得它是生活的象征,这么做是不明智的。那样的话,生活岂不是太可怕了?
—— 奥斯卡•王尔德《莎乐美》