一个极其优秀的人。他没有敌人，而他的朋友也没有一个喜欢他的。
英国作家、诗人、散文家
时尚是一种让人难以忍受的丑陋，以至于我们不得不每六个月就更改一次。
And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.Literary and Other Notes I, Woman’s World （November 1887）
失去一个父母可以看成是一种不幸；失去双亲看上去就像是一种粗心了。
To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
就像亲爱的圣芳济一样，我也和贫穷联姻，但我的婚姻并不成功。
Like dear St Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.
女人因为男人的缺点而爱男人；如果男人的缺点足够多，女人什么事都可以原谅他们，哪怕是他们的智力。
Women love men for their defects; if men have enough of them women will forgive them everything, even their gigantic intellects.
《生命之书》始于一座花园里的一男一女……它最后以《启示录》告终。
The Book of Life begins with a man and a woman in a garden…It ends with Revelations.
一个极其优秀的人。他没有敌人，而他的朋友也没有一个喜欢他的。
An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.
民主就是指人民用人民的大头棒打击人民。
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
我喜欢政治晚会，这是唯一人们不谈政治的地方。
I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don’t talk politics.
生活里有两个悲剧：一个是没有得到我们想要的；另外一个是得到了。
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it.
音乐让人感觉非常浪漫，至少让人感觉不安，如今两者是一回事。
Music makes one feel so romantic—at least it always gets on one’s nerves, which is the same thing nowadays.
三十五岁是一个非常有吸引力的年龄；伦敦社交圈内满是这样好多年一直保持三十五岁的女人，她们可以自由地挑来选去。
Thirty five is a very attractive age; London society is full of women who have of their own free choice remained thirty-five for years.
爱，始于自我欺骗，终于欺骗他人，这就是所谓的浪漫。
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what would calls a romance.
