奥斯卡王尔德1854年10月16日生于爱尔兰都柏林,于1900年因脑膜炎去世享年46岁。然作为英国著名的作家、诗人、剧作家以及唯美主义的倡导者,对于日常生活上各种细节有一些独特的考量,他一些经典名言名句,一直流传至今。今天我们就讲讲奥斯卡王尔德的一些毒舌名言!
1、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。
2、The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
浪漫的精髓就在于它充满种种可能。
3、Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
人是理性动物,但当他被要求按照理性的要求行动时,可又要发脾气了。
4、My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go.
我和我的墙纸即将展开生死决斗,所以我们中的一个必须得走。
5、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。
6、The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相很少纯粹,也决不简单。
7、To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
爱自己是终身浪漫的开始。
8、We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
我们都生活在阴沟里,但仍有人仰望星空。
9、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。
10、What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.
什么是离婚的主要原因?结婚。
11、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。
12、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。
13、I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
我给你们讲述的是所有你们没勇气去犯的罪孽。
14、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。
15、What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
看似痛苦的试炼的往往是伪装的祝福。
17、The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途。
18、Over the piano was printed a notice: Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
钢琴上贴着一条告示:请不要枪杀钢琴师,他已经尽力了。
19、The heart was made to be broken.
心是用来碎的。
20、The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
公众惊人地宽容。他们可以原谅一切,除了天才。
21、The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it… I can resist everything but temptation.
摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是臣服于诱惑……我能抗拒一切,除了诱惑。
22、Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来。
23、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。