绅士就是从不无心伤害别人感觉的人。
奥斯卡·王尔德

英国作家、诗人、散文家

《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.

已婚者的快乐来自那些他没有娶的人。

The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.

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.

绅士就是从不无心伤害别人感觉的人。

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

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.

恭维话从来没有让女人缴械,但可以让男人缴械。这就是性别差异。

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.

对富有的单身汉应该客以重税。让某些人比其他人更快乐是不公平的。

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.

钢琴上贴着一条告示:请不要枪杀钢琴师,他已经尽力了。

Over the piano was printed a notice: Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

我喜欢对一堵墙说话,世界上只有它不会反驳我。

I like talking to a brick wall, it’s the only thing in the world that never contradicts me.

没有伟大的艺术家是看事物真实的样子,如果他这样他就不再是艺术家。

No great artist ever sees things as they really are ,If he did he would cease to be a artist.

请转告我对这家饭店厨师的赞誉,这是全世界最糟糕的三明治了,还有,我点的是豆瓣菜三明治,我并不是要面包片中夹一块菜田。

Tell the cook of this restaurant with my compliments that these are the very worst sandwiches in the whole world, and that when I ask for a watercress sandwich I do not mean a loaf with a field in the middle of it.

20年的韵事使女人变成一片废墟,20年的婚姻使女人变成一座公共建筑。

Twenty years of romance make a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage make her look like a public building.

女人是用来被爱的,不是用来被理解。

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

我经常锻炼。只是昨天我是在床上吃的早饭。

I often take exercise. Why only yesterday I had breakfast in bed.