To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
奥斯卡·王尔德

英国作家、诗人、散文家

Every Saint has a past, every sinner has a future.

每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来。

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

经验是我们给错误取的另一个名字。

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

一个思想若称不上危险,那么它就不值得称作思想。

I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.

我简直太聪明了,有时连我自己都不知道自己在说什么。

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

如今人们对每样东西的价格了如指掌,对它们的价值却一无所知。

Never love anybody that treats you like you’re ordinary.

永远别去爱一个把你当一般人对待的人。

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

适度是极其致命的事情。过度带来的成功无可比拟。

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

活着是世上最稀有的事情。大多数人只是存在而已。

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

没有人富有到可以赎回自己的过去。

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

一个人胜券在握时,总是应该公平行事。

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

我的品味最简单。我总是对最好的感到满意。

With freedom, books, flowers and the moon who could not be happy?

拥有自由、书、花和月亮,哪个人会不快乐?

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s 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,他们的生活是模仿别人的生活,他们的恋爱只是引述。

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。