Most people discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.
奥斯卡·王尔德

英国作家、诗人、散文家

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

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。

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

钢琴上贴着一条告示:请不要枪杀钢琴师,他已经尽力了。

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

美国是唯一一个直接从野蛮进入颓废、中间没有经过文明阶段的社会。

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

每次人们赞同我的时候,我都觉得自己一定错了。

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

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。

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.

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。

Bad artists always admire each other’s work.

糟糕的画家总是欣赏彼此的作品。

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

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。

Most people discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.

大多数人发现他们从未后悔的事情只是他们的错误,但发现时已经太晚了。

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

我经常锻炼。只是昨天我是在床上吃的早饭。

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

注意穿着打扮是必要的。而拥有生活目标却并非如此。