奧斯卡•王爾德，英國十九世紀維多利亞時代最偉大的作家和藝術家之一，也是唯美主義的代言人，倡導“為藝術而藝術”，他留下的小說、戲劇、童話、詩歌都成為了後世經典。
The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
逢場作戲和終身不渝之間的區別只在於逢場作戲稍微長一些。
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
愛，始於自我欺騙，終於欺騙他人。這就是所謂的浪漫。
When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love and wise already had one in reserve.
當愛情走到盡頭，軟弱者哭個不停，有效率的馬上去尋找下一個目標，而聰明的早就預備了下一個。
Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.
人生就是一件蠢事追著另一件蠢事而來，而愛情則是兩個蠢東西追來追去。
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
男女之間不可能存在友誼，有的只是愛恨情仇。
The people who love only once in their lives are really the shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination. Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect－simply a confession of failure.
一生只愛一次的人是膚淺的，他們把那叫做忠貞不渝，我卻叫做習慣性懶惰或是缺乏想象力。情感生活的忠貞不渝就如同智力生活的一成不變一樣，簡直是承認失敗。
The heart was made to be broken.
心是用來碎的。
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
情感的好處就是讓我們誤入歧途。
It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.
個性善良不如長相美麗，不過個性善良總比生得醜好。
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
只有淺薄的人才不以貌取人。世界真正的神秘性在於可見之物，而不在於看不見的東西。
What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.
什麼是離婚的主要原因？結婚。
Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious; both are disappointed.
男人因疲倦而結婚，女人因好奇而結婚；最終他們都會失望。
The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.
已婚者的快樂來自那些他沒有娶的人。
Wicked women bother one. Good women bore one. That is the only difference between them.
壞女人給我麻煩。好女人令我厭煩。這就是她們唯一的不同。
Men become old, but they never become good.
人們越長越老，但絕不會越變越好。
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