奥斯卡· 王尔德（1854-1900）是最牛的作家之一，你可能没读过他的作品，但一定听说过他的毒舌之名。人生已经如此艰难，他却喜欢任性地戳穿。他毒舌而不浅薄轻浮，毒舌而有内涵，随便一句吐槽就是牛逼闪闪的人性洞察！
如果生活在今天，王尔德一定是粉丝过千万的微博大V、段子界的金句王，迷妹无数。虽然满满的负能量，却说的都是大实话，极尽辛辣讽刺的毒舌背后，是他一颗真诚不做作的赤子之心。
即便隔着一个多世纪的时间，他的很多毒舌依然能一语道破天机，依然能让21世纪的我们情不自禁地对号入座。
1. There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
人生有两个悲剧：第一是想得到的得不到，第二是想得到的得到了。
2. Fashion is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
时尚通常是一种让人难以忍受的丑陋，以至于人们不得不每六个月就要把它改一次。
3. 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着另一件蠢事而来，而爱情则是两个蠢东西追来追去。
4. It is better to be beautiful than to be good; but it is to be good than to be ugly.
个性善良不如长相美丽，不过个性善良总比长得丑好。
5. Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌。
6. Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
女人是用来爱的，不是用来被理解的。
7. The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
世上只有一件事比被人议论更糟糕，那就是没有人议论你。
8. The heart was made to be broken.
心是用来碎的。
9. The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相很少纯粹，也决不简单。
10.When I was young, I used to think that money was the most important thing in life, now that I am old, I know it is.
我年青时以为金钱至上，而今我年事已高，发现果真如此。
11. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
我们都生活在泥沼之中，但是有人依然仰望星空
12. No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.
没有人富有到可以赎回自己的过去。
13. Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
谈论天气是无趣人类最后的避难所。
14. I can resist everything but temptation.
我能抗拒一切，除了诱惑。
15. One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
真实生活就通常就是我们无法掌控的生活。
16. The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
最微小的善举，胜过最伟大的意图。
17. Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
把爱放在心里，没有爱的人生，如同花园没有阳光时花朵都死去。
18. The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
公众惊人地宽容。他们可以原谅一切，除了天才。
19. There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
很多东西如果不是怕别人捡去，我们一定会扔掉。
20. A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
不够真诚是危险的，太真诚则绝对是致命的。
21. Only the shallow know themselves.
只有浅薄的人才了解自己。
22. I don't want to earn my living; Iwant to live.
我不想谋生；我想生活。
23. The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork.
天地尽在我掌握，做梦吧！（直译是：世界就是我的牡蛎，但我用了错误的叉。）
24. The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
对于忠告，你所能做的就是把它奉送给别人，忠告从来就不是给自己准备的。
25. It is absurd to divide people in to good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
把人分成好的与坏的是荒谬的，人要么迷人，要么乏味。
26. When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already had one in reserve.
当爱情走到尽头，软弱者哭个不停，有效率的马上去寻找下一个目标，而聪明的早就预备了下一个。
27. There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
只有两种人最具有吸引力，一种是无所不知的人，一种是一无所知的人。
28. Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
经验是我们给错误取的另一个名字。
29. Be yourself. Everyone else isalready taken.
做你自己，其他人都已经有人做了。
30. I was working on the proof of one ofmy poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.
我整个早上都在校对自己的一首诗，我去掉了一个逗号。下午我又把它加上去了。
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