浪漫的精髓就在于它充满种种可能。
The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
生活是世上最罕见的事情，大多数人只是存在，仅此而已。
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
一个愤世嫉俗的人知道所有东西的价格，却不知道任何东西的价值。
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
我想所有迷人的人都是被宠爱着的，这是他们吸引力来源的秘密。
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
莎乐美与先知约翰
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。
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
没有人富有到可以赎回自己的过去。
No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.
真相很少纯粹，也决不简单。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
我们都生活在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
伟大的艺术家所看到的，从来都不是世界的本来面目。一旦他看透了，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 an artist.
一个人总是可以善待他毫不在意的人。
One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.
我们爱尔兰人太诗意以至不能做诗人，我们的国家里充满才华横溢的失败者，可我们是自希腊人以来最伟大的说空话之人。（王尔德本人即是爱尔兰人）
We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.
孔雀裙子（比亚兹莱）
诗人可以从任何事件中存活，印刷错误除外。
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
演出相当成功，但观众则是一场灾难。
The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.
没有女人会对她的年纪感到十分确定。那样会显得她太精于算计。
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
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。
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
只有感官才能解救灵魂，正如只有灵魂才能解救感官。
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
世上只有一件事比被人议论更糟糕，那就是没有人议论你。
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
黑斗篷（比亚兹莱）
奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌。
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
平常的财宝会被偷走，而真正的财富则不会。你灵魂里无限珍贵的东西是无法被夺走的。
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
恨是盲目的，爱亦然。
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
孩子最初爱他们父母，等大一些他们评判父母；然后有些时候，他们原谅父母。Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them.
生活中只有两种悲剧:一个是没有得到我们想要的，另外一个是得到我们想要的。
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
把人分成好的与坏的是荒谬的，人要么迷人，要么乏味。
It is absurd to divide people in to good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
不要惧怕过去。如果人们告诉你说过去的事情无可挽回，别相信他们。Don't be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, don't believe them.
一个思想若称不上危险，那么它就不值得被称作思想。
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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.
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。
I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
墙纸越来越破，而我越来越老，两者之间总有一个要先消失。（1900年11月30日，于左岸旅店，通常认为是王尔德的遗言）
My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go.
莎乐美得之所欲（比亚兹莱）
奥斯卡·王尔德
奥斯卡·王尔德（1854年10月16日－1900年11月30日）是爱尔兰作家、诗人、剧作家，英国唯美主义艺术运动的倡导者。
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