西洋幽默语录(之一百二十四)
王尔德 (WILDE, Oscar), 1856-1900
英国剧作家和诗人
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
情绪化的好处是它导致我们走离正路.
All charming people are spoiled; it is the secret of their attraction.
所有具有魅力的人都是被宠坏的; 这是他们吸引人的秘密.
Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.
任何人都可创造历史; 只有一个伟人可以写它.
Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a
very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.
任何人可以同情一个朋友的受难, 但却需要有非常好的天性, 以便去感同身受一个朋友的成功.
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she
is perfectly satisfied.
一个女人只要她看来比她自己的女儿年青十岁, 她就完全心满意足了.
As soon as people are old enough to know better, they don’t know
anything at all.
人年纪越大就越有自知, 他们其实什么都不知道.
Bad manners make a journalist.
恶劣的态度造就了一个新闻记者.
Bernard Shaw is an excellent man; he has not an enemy in the world, and
none of his friends like him.
萧伯纳是一个杰出的人; 他在这个世界上没有一个敌人, 而他的朋友没有一个喜欢他.
The best way to make children is to make them happy.
生儿育女最好的办法就是让孩子们快乐.
The Book of Life begins with a man and a woman in a garden, and it ends
with Revelations.
生命之书由一个男人和一个女人在花园里开始, 而最后以启示录为结束.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its
own shame.
那些被世界称为不道德的书, 都是暴露世界本身的耻辱的书.
Books of poetry by young writers are usually promissory notes that are
never met.
年青作家的诗集经常都是无法兑现的期票.
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
始终如一是没有想像力者的最后避难所.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
野心是失败的最后避难所.
Crying is the refuge of plain women, but the ruin of pretty ones.
哭是平凡女人的庇护, 却是美女的灾难.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for
the people.
民主简单的说是为人民, 由人民, 给予人民的一根大头棒.
