浪漫的精髓就在於它充滿種種可能。
The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
生活是世上最罕見的事情，大多數人只是存在，僅此而已。
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
一個憤世嫉俗的人知道所有東西的價格，卻不知道任何東西的價值。
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寵愛著的，這是他們吸引力來源的秘密。
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
莎樂美與先知約翰
人是理性動物，但當他被要求按照理性的要求行動時，可又要發脾氣了。
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
沒有人富有到可以贖回自己的過去。
No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.
真相很少純粹，也決不簡單。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
我們都生活在陰溝裡，但仍有人仰望星空。
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
偉大的藝術家所看到的，從來都不是世界的本來面目。一旦他看透了，他就不再是藝術家。
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
一個人總是可以善待他毫不在意的人。
One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.
我們愛爾蘭人太詩意以至不能做詩人，我們的國家裡充滿才華橫溢的失敗者，可我們是自希臘人以來最偉大的說空話之人。（王爾德本人即是愛爾蘭人）
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（比亞茲萊）
詩人可以從任何事件中存活，印刷錯誤除外。
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
演出相當成功，但觀眾則是一場災難。
The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.
沒有女人會對她的年紀感到十分確定。那樣會顯得她太精於算計。
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
悲觀主義者是這種人：當他可以從兩種罪惡中選擇時，他把兩種都選了。
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
只有感官才能解救靈魂，正如只有靈魂才能解救感官。
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議論更糟糕，那就是沒有人議論你。
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
黑斗篷（比亞茲萊）
奚落是庸才對天才的頌歌。
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
平常的財寶會被偷走，而真正的財富則不會。你靈魂裡無限珍貴的東西是無法被奪走的。
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，愛亦然。
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
孩子最初愛他們父母，等大一些他們評判父母；然後有些時候，他們原諒父母。Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them.
生活中只有兩種悲劇:一個是沒有得到我們想要的，另外一個是得到我們想要的。
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
把人分成好的與壞的是荒謬的，人要麼迷人，要麼乏味。
It is absurd to divide people in to good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
不要懼怕過去。如果人們告訴你說過去的事情無可挽回，別相信他們。Don't be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, don't believe them.
一個思想若稱不上危險，那麼它就不值得被稱作思想。
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
時尚是一種讓人難以忍受的醜陋，以至於我們不得不每六個月就更改一次。
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.
我喜歡自言自語，因為這樣節約時間，而且不會有人跟我爭論。
I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
牆紙越來越破，而我越來越老，兩者之間總有一個要先消失。（1900年11月30日，於左岸旅店，通常認為是王爾德的遺言）
My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go.
莎樂美得之所欲（比亞茲萊）
奧斯卡·王爾德
奧斯卡·王爾德（1854年10月16日－1900年11月30日）是愛爾蘭作家、詩人、劇作家，英國唯美主義藝術運動的倡導者。
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