1.My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go.墙纸越来越破,而我越来越老,两者之间总有一个要先消失。
——1900年11月30日,于左岸旅店,他的遗言。
2.Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.每个人犯了错误,都自称是经验。
3.Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them.孩子最初爱他们父母,等大一些他们评判父母;然后有些时候,他们原谅父母。
4.We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.我们教给人们如何记忆,却从来不教他们如何成长。
5.A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.梦想家只能在月光下找到前进的方向,他为此遭受的惩罚是比所有人提前看到曙光。
6.The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.世上只有一件事比被人议论更糟糕,那就是没有人议论你。
7.Life is never fair…And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.生活从来不是公平的……而且,或许对我们大多数人来说,这是件好事。
8.Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌。
9.Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.注意穿着打扮是必要的。
而拥有生活目标却并非如此。
10.There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.生活中只有两种悲剧:一个是没有得到我们想要的,另外一个是得到我们想要的。
11.Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative谈论天气是无趣人类最后的避难所。
12.Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others邪恶是善良的人们编造的谎言,用来解释其他人的特殊魅力。
13.Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.任何人都能对朋友的不幸感到同情,但要消受一个春风得意的朋友,则需要非常优良的天性。
14.Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography现在每个伟人都有自己的信徒,而他们的传记总由叛徒来写。
15.Men become old, but they never become good.人们越长越老,但绝不会越变越好。
16.The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.情感的好处就是让我们引入歧途,而科学的好处是不感情用事。
17.When I was young , I used to think that money was the most important thing in life , now that I am old , I know it is.我年青时以为金钱至上,而今年事已迈,发现果真如此。
18.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。
19.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。
20.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。
21.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。
22.The world has been made by fools that wise men should live in it.愚人创造了这个世界,智者不得不活在其中。
23.Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.时尚就是一种丑陋,因为丑得太难容忍,所以我们每半年要换一拨。
24.Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry,their passions a quotation.大多数人都不是自己。
他们的思想是别人的意见,他们的生活是在模仿别人的生活,他们的恋爱也只是引述而已。
25.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。
26.It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.只有浅薄的人才不会以貌取人。
之所以喜欢,是因为他的每一句话极尽辛辣,却道尽了现实。
那首先来介绍一下王尔德其人吧!奥斯卡·王尔德(Oscar Wilde,1854年10月16日—1900年11月30日),出生于爱尔兰都柏林,是英国(准确来讲是爱尔兰,但当时由英国统治)19世纪最伟大的作家与艺术家之一,以其剧作、诗歌、童话和小说闻名,唯美主义代表人物;19世纪80年代美学运动的主力和90年代颓废派运动的先驱;他是英国历史上有名的同性恋,因此遭受过牢狱之灾,并在20世纪末、21世纪初成为了同志群体的文化偶像;他傲娇,毒舌,反鸡汤,他是19世纪的“段子手”,犀利地吐槽著一切,拉得一把好仇恨。
他恃才傲物又舌灿莲花,传言他到美国旅行,入境时,海关官员问他有什么东西要报关,他回答:“I have nothing to declare except my genius!(除了我的才华,我没有什么可申报的东西)”使他引以自豪的是,他没有什么值钱的东西,但他拥有不能用钱来估量的艺术才华。
而也正是这位骄傲的作家在他的另一部作品中告诉我们:"世间再没有比人的灵魂更宝贵的东西,任何东西都不能跟它相比!"王尔德一生金句频出:他嘲讽他的敌人:Always forgive your enemies,nothing annoys them so much.(永远要宽恕你的敌人,没有什么比这更能让他们抓狂的了。
)他嘲讽平庸的人,几乎不给人留任何活路:Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.(努力不过是无事可做的人的避难所。
)但是他同样不喜欢优秀的人:An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.(一个优秀的人没有敌人,但他的朋友也没有一个喜欢他。
)他吐槽时尚,这句话即使放在今天,也是又尖锐又时髦:Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have toalter it every six months.(时尚总是丑得难以容忍,所以每隔六个月我们都只好改一次。
)哦,他还喜欢自黑:I can resist everything except temptation.(我可以抗拒一切,诱惑除外。
)他亦看透了人性: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.(敌人造成的困难很容易忍受,朋友取得的成功却让人很难忍受。
)The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.(世界上只有一件事比被人议论更糟糕,那就是没人议论你。
)One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.(一个人总是可以善待他毫不在乎的人。
)There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.(人生的悲剧只有两种:一种是没有得到自己想要的东西,另一种是得到自己想要的东西。
)Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.(任何人都能对朋友的不幸感到同情,但要消受一个春风得意的朋友,则需要非常优良的天性。
)如今段子手们还在玩的梗,人家100多年前便早用过了:When I was young, I used to think that money was the most important thing in life, now that I am old, I know it is.(我年轻时以为金钱是世界上最重要的东西,等到老了才知道,原来真的是这样。
)你以为完了么?其实还有好多,多到数不胜数······如果你觉得不错的话,想要收藏下以备不时之需的话,而老王也早留了一句话告诉你们:Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.(引用,是智慧耐用的替代品。
)·······································································································································假装分割线既然题目是最喜欢的哪句话,例举了这么多,其实我最喜欢的还是他的那句: To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.爱自己是终身浪漫的开始。
而当初给我喜欢的人便是说的这句话“爱你自己,让我来爱你。
”好像有点肉麻,可是真话不肉麻哈哈哈······



