西洋幽默语录之126
王尔德 (WILDE, Oscar) ，1856 - 1900
英国剧作家、诗人
• In America, the President reigns for four years, and journalism governs for ever and ever.
在美国, 总统掌权四年, 而新闻业的统治, 永无尽期.
• In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.
在考试中, 愚者问问题, 智者答不出.
• In this world there are only two tragedies: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
在这个世界只有两种悲剧: 其一是得不到自已想要的, 另一是得到自已想要的.
• It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.
给予劝告往往是件愚蠢的事, 但给予好的劝告则绝对是致命的.
• It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth.
这可是件可怕的事, 当一个人忽然发现, 他这一生一直在讲真话.
• It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
真心诚意是危险的, 除非你同时是个笨蛋.
• It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.
只有拍卖馆的人会欣赏各派的艺术.
• A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.
一个男人能够和任何一个女人快乐的在一起, 只要他并不爱她.
• A man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.
一个男人若欲结婚, 就必须什么都知道, 或什么都不知道.
• A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is inevitably plain.
一个有道德的男人往往是个伪君子, 而一个有道德的女人, 无可避免的, 其貌不扬.
• A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth glancing.
世界地图若不包括乌托邦, 是不值得一睹的.
• Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.
婚姻这一题目是所有女人皆同意, 而所有男人皆反对的.
• Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.
记忆是跟随我们一生的日记.
• Men become old but they never become good.
人会老不会变好.
• Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.
男人结婚因为他们厌倦了, 女人因为她们好奇; 两者皆失望.
• Modern journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarest.
现代新闻业生存的正当性, 是基於伟大的达尔文原理, 最粗野者生存.
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