奧斯卡王爾德毒舌名言-經(jīng)典名人名言
奧斯卡王爾德的經(jīng)典名言
奧斯卡·王爾德(Oscar Wilde,1854~1900),19世紀(jì)出生在英國(準(zhǔn)確來講是愛爾蘭,但是當(dāng)時(shí)由英國統(tǒng)治。)最偉大的作家與藝術(shù)家之一,以其劇作、詩歌、童話和小說聞名。唯美主義代表人物,19世紀(jì)80年代美學(xué)運(yùn)動的主力和90年代頹廢派運(yùn)動的先驅(qū)。
【第1句】:Most people discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.大多數(shù)人發(fā)現(xiàn)他們從未后悔的事情只是他們的錯誤,但發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí)已經(jīng)太晚了。
【第2句】:What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise看似痛苦的試煉的往往是偽裝的祝福。
【第3句】:When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love and wise already had one in reserve.當(dāng)愛情走到盡頭,軟弱者哭個(gè)不停,有效率的馬上去尋找下一個(gè)目標(biāo),而聰明的早就預(yù)備了下一個(gè)。
【第4句】:One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.一個(gè)人總是可以善待他毫不在意的人。
【第5句】:The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.教養(yǎng)良好的人處處和他人過不去,頭腦聰明的人處處和自己過不去。
【第6句】:Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.社會僅僅以一種精神概念而存在,真實(shí)世界中只有個(gè)體存在。
【第7句】:To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.生活是世上最罕見的事情,大多數(shù)人只是存在,僅此而已。
【第8句】:Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them孩子最初愛他們父母,等大一些他們評判父母;然后有些時(shí)候,他們原諒父母。
【第9句】:A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.紳士就是從不無心傷害別人感覺的人。
【第10句】:The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.擺脫誘惑的唯一方式是臣服于誘惑……我能抗拒一切,除了誘惑。
【第11句】:I don't want to earn my living; I want to live.我不想謀生;我想生活。
【第12句】:The heart was made to be broken.心是用來碎的。
【第13句】:"Life is never fair...And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."生活從來不是公平的……而且,或許對我們大多數(shù)人來說,這是件好事?!兑粋€(gè)理想的丈夫》
【第14句】:Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.平常的財(cái)寶會被偷走,而真正的財(cái)富則不會。你靈魂里無限珍貴的東西是無法被奪走的。
【第15句】:What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing一個(gè)憤世嫉俗的人知道所有東西的價(jià)格,卻不知道任何東西的價(jià)值。
【第16句】:The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.逢場作戲和終身不渝之間的區(qū)別只在于逢場作戲稍微長一些。
【第17句】:Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation不滿是個(gè)人或民族邁向進(jìn)步的第一步。
【第18句】:Hatred is blind, as well as love.恨是盲目的,愛亦然。
【第19句】:The very essence of romance is uncertainty.浪漫的精髓就在于它充滿種種可能。
【第20句】:Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.永遠(yuǎn)寬恕你的敵人,沒有什么能比這個(gè)更讓他們惱怒的了。
【第21句】:What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.什么是離婚的主要原因?結(jié)婚。
【第22句】:Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.沒有比冷靜更讓人惱火的。
【第23句】:A true friend stabs you in the front.真朋友才會當(dāng)面中傷你。
【第24句】:I have nothing to declare except my genius.除了我的`天才,我沒什么好申報(bào)的。
【第25句】:Why was I born with such contemporaries為什么我會和這樣同時(shí)代的人一塊出生呢?
【第26句】:To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual什么也不做是世上最難的事情,最困難并且最智慧。
【第27句】:There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.生活中只有兩種悲劇:一個(gè)是沒有得到我們想要的,另外一個(gè)是得到我們想要的。
【第28句】:Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.聲望是我從未經(jīng)受的侮辱之一。
【第29句】:Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.宗教一旦被證明是正確時(shí)就會消亡??茖W(xué)便是已消亡宗教的記錄。
【第30句】:My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go.墻紙?jiān)絹碓狡?,而我越來越老,兩者之間總有一個(gè)要先消失?!?900年11月30日,于左岸旅店,他的遺言。
【第31句】:I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.我喜歡人甚于原則,此外我還喜歡沒原則的人甚于世界上的一切。
【第32句】:How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.如果男人堅(jiān)持把她當(dāng)作一個(gè)完全正常的人,女人如何能期望會從他那里獲得幸福。
【第33句】:We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.我們愛爾蘭人太詩意以至不能做詩人,我們的國家里充滿才華橫溢的失敗者,可我們是自希臘人以來最偉大的說空話之人。
【第34句】:Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative談?wù)撎鞖馐菬o趣人類最后的避難所。
【第35句】:One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.真實(shí)生活就通常就是我們無法掌控的生活。
【第36句】:Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.悲觀主義者是這種人:當(dāng)他可以從兩種罪惡中選擇時(shí),他把兩種都選了。
【第37句】:Over the piano was printed a notice: Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.Personal Impressions of America (Leadville) (1883)鋼琴上貼著一條告示:請不要槍殺鋼琴師,他已經(jīng)盡力了。
【第38句】:The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.公眾驚人地寬容。他們可以原諒一切,除了天才。
【第39句】:A poet can survive everything but a misprint.詩人可以從任何事件中存活,印刷錯誤除外。
【第40句】:Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.人是理性動物,但當(dāng)他被要求按照理性的要求行動時(shí),可又要發(fā)脾氣了。
【第41句】:Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.格言是智慧耐用的替代品。
【第42句】:Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.注意穿著打扮是必要的。而擁有生活目標(biāo)卻并非如此。
【第43句】:Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.適度是極其致命的事情。過度帶來的成功是無可比擬的。
【第44句】:Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.每個(gè)圣人都有過去,每個(gè)罪人都有未來。
【第45句】:Only the shallow know themselves.只有淺薄的人才了解自己。
【第46句】: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.愛,始于自我欺騙,終于欺騙他人。這就是所謂的浪漫。
【第47句】:No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.沒有人富有到可以贖回自己的過去。
【第48句】:No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.偉大的藝術(shù)家所看到的,從來都不是世界的本來面目。一旦他看透了,他就不再是藝術(shù)家。
【第49句】:The truth is rarely pure and never simple.——The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)真相很少純粹,也決不簡單。——《不可兒嬉》
【第50句】:All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction我想所有迷人的人都是被寵愛著的,這是他們吸引力來源的秘密。
【第51句】:When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers當(dāng)神想懲罰我們時(shí),他們就回應(yīng)我們的祈禱?!兑粋€(gè)理想的丈夫》
【第52句】:It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution給我們赦免的,是懺悔而不是牧師。
【第53句】: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.夢想家只能在月光下找到前進(jìn)的方向,他為此遭受的懲罰是比所有人提前看到曙光。
【第54句】:We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.我們都生活在陰溝里,但仍有人仰望星空。
【第55句】:I like men who have a future and women who have a past我喜歡有未來的男人和有過去的女人。
【第56句】:Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others邪惡是善良的人們編造的謊言,用來解釋其他人的特殊魅力。
【第57句】:The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.世上只有一件事比被人議論更糟糕,那就是沒有人議論你。
【第58句】:To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.愛自己就是開始延續(xù)一生的羅曼史。
【第59句】:The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.情感的好處就是讓我們誤入歧途。
【第60句】:I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.我喜歡自言自語,因?yàn)檫@樣節(jié)約時(shí)間,而且不會有人跟我爭論。
【第61句】:I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.我給你們講述的是所有你們沒勇氣去犯的罪孽。
【第62句】:Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.奚落是庸才對天才的頌歌。