The world has been made by fools that wise men should live in it.
奥斯卡·王尔德

英国作家、诗人、散文家

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

悲观主义者是这种人:当他可以从两种罪恶中选择时,他把两种都选了。

Like dear St Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.

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。

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

除了感官,什么也不能治灵魂的创痛,同样,感官的饥渴也只有灵魂解除得了。

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

争论是俗不可耐的,因为道德社会里每个人都持完全相同的观点。

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers

当神想惩罚我们时,他们就回应我们的祈祷。

Wicked women bother one. Good women bore one. That is the only difference between them.

坏女人给我麻烦。好女人令我厌烦。这就是她们唯一的不同。

I adore simple pleasures.They are the last refuge of the complex.

我敬佩简单的快乐,那是复杂性最后避难所。

Women love men for their defects; if men have enough of them women will forgive them everything, even their gigantic intellects.

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。

The world has been made by fools that wise men should live in it.

愚人创造了这个世界,智者不得不活在其中。

The Book of Life begins with a man and a woman in a garden…It ends with Revelations.

《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。

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others

邪恶是善良的人们编造的谎言,用来解释其他人的特殊魅力。

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

一个人倘若不为自己思考,那就从未思考过。

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

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。

I can resist everything except temptation.

除了诱惑之外,我可以抵抗任何事物。

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

诗人可以从任何事件中存活,印刷错误除外。

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。