【分享】王尔德：一个生不逢时的段子手

 

王尔德语录

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。

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love and wise already had one in reserve.
当爱情走到尽头，软弱者哭个不停，有效率的马上去寻找下一个目标，而聪明的早就预备了下一个。

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。

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。

奥斯卡·王尔德（Oscar Wilde）

爱尔兰作家、诗人、剧作家，英国唯美主义艺术运动的倡导者。

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

真实生活就通常就是我们无法掌控的生活。

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。

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

我喜欢看戏。与人生相比，戏剧更加真实。

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。

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.
说真话的人迟早要被揭穿。

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。

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

绅士就是从不无心伤害别人感觉的人。

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。

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。

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。

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。

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
伟大的艺术家所看到的，从来都不是世界的本来面目。一旦他看透了，他就不再是艺术家。

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
艺术并非模仿生活，而是生活在模仿艺术。

The difference between journalism and literature is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

报纸和文学的区别是，报纸没法读，而文学则没人读。




I am not young enough to know everything.

我已经老了，没有足够的时间去了解一切。

I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I’m saying.
我简直太聪明了，有时连我自己都不知道自己在说什么。

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。

I like talking to a brick wall, it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me.
我喜欢对一堵墙说话，世界上只有它不会反驳我。

I have nothing to declare except my genius.
除了我的天才，我没什么好申报的。

I don't want to earn my living; I want to live.
我不想谋生；我想生活。