1. “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” —— 比起被议论,更糟糕的是无人议论。
2. “I can resist everything except temptation.” —— 我能抵御一切,除了诱惑。
3. “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” —— 经验是人们给错误取的名字。
4. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” —— 做自己,因为别人都已经有人做了。
5. “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” —— 真相很少纯粹,也绝不简单。
6. “A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.” —— 一点真诚就足以危险,太多真诚则必定致命。
7. “I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” —— 我不想被情感所控制,我要利用它们,享受它们,并最终支配它们。
8. “There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” —— 生活中只有两种悲剧:一种是没有得到你想要的,另一种是得到了。
9. “The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.” —— 老年人相信一切,中年人怀疑一切,年轻人知道一切。
10. “The world is divided into two classes, the women who make things and the women who are made by things.” —— 世界分为两类女人:一类是创造事物的女人,另一类是被事物所塑造的女人。
11. “Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” —— 时尚是一种丑陋的形式,以至于我们不得不每六个月就改变它。
12. “I don’t want to go to heaven, I would never be able to come back.” —— 我不想上天堂,因为那样我永远无法回来。
13. “The only thing that one can ever really get rid of is love.” —— 唯一可以真正摆脱的是爱。
14. “Life is never fair, and perhaps it is just as well.” —— 生活从来不公平,也许这样才好。
15. “The secret of life is in art.” —— 生活的秘密在于艺术。
16. “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” —— 爱自己是终身浪漫的开始。
这些句子不仅体现了王尔德的智慧和幽默,也反映了他对人性、社会和艺术的深刻洞察。他的作品至今仍被广泛阅读和欣赏,因为他的思想超越了时代,具有永恒的魅力。