A poet can service everything but a misprint.
奥斯卡·王尔德

英国作家、诗人、散文家

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

对于忠告,你所能做的,就是把它奉送给别人,忠告从来就不是给自己准备的。

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

只要一个女人看上去比她自己的女儿小十岁,她就一定会心满意足。

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

悬念是可怕的。我希望它一直延续下去。

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。

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。

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

雄心壮志是失败最后的避难所。

Life is never fair…And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

生活从来不是公平的……而且,或许对我们大多数人来说,这是件好事。

The very essence of romance is uncertainty.

浪漫的精髓就在于它充满种种可能。

A poet can service everything but a misprint.

诗人可以拯救一切除了印刷错误。

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。

I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.

我喜欢自言自语,因为这样节约时间,而且不会有人跟我争论。

Why was I born with such contemporaries

为什么我会和这样同时代的人一块出生呢?

Only the shallow know themselves.

只有浅薄的人才了解自己。