西洋幽默语录(之一百二十八)
王尔德 (WILDE, Oscar), 1856-1900
英国剧作家和诗人
The reason why we are so pleased to find out other people’s secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.
我们这样喜欢去找出别人的秘密, 原因是它转移了公众对我们自己的秘密的注意力.
Thirty-five is a very attractive age; London society is full of women who have of their own free choice remained thirty-five for years.
三十五岁是很吸引人的年龄; 伦敦的社会充斥这一类妇女, 基於她们自已的自由选择, 多年来一直保留三十五岁.
Those who are faithless know the pleasures of love; it is the faithful who know love’s tragedies.
那些不忠於爱情的人知道爱情的乐趣; 忠於爱情的人知道爱情的悲剧.
When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong.
当人们同意我, 我常觉得我一定是错了.
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.
当我年青的时候, 我常以为钱是人生最重要的东西; 现在我老了, 我知道的确如此.
There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor.
只有一个阶级的民众, 想钱想得比有钱人还多, 那就是穷人.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
当众神欲处罚我们, 他们让我们的祈祷成真.
Wicked women bother one; good women bore one; that is the only difference between them.
坏女人令人烦; 好女人令人闷; 这是两者之间唯一的不同.
Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
女人由抗拒男人的进攻开始, 而最后则阻止他们的撤退.
A woman with a past has no future.
一个有过去的女人没有将来.
Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
女人是用来爱的, 不是用来了解的.
Women have a wonderful instinct about things; they can discover anything except the obvious.
女人对事情有一种奇妙的直觉; 她们可以发现任何东西, 除了明显的.
Women have been so highly educated that nothing should surprise them except happy marriages.
女人受了那么高的教育, 应该没有什么事会让她们感到惊奇, 除了快乐的婚姻之外.
The world is a stage, but the play is badly casted.
世界是一个舞台, 但剧本角色的分配极差.
You know what a woman’s curiosity is – almost as great as a man’s.
你知道女人的好奇心有多大 – 几乎和男人的一样大.
Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faithless and cannot.
年青人想要忠於爱情而不成; 老年人想要不忠而不能.
The youth of America is their oldest tradition; It has been going on now for three hundred years.
美国的年青人是他们最老的传统; 它至今己经延续了三百年.
