1900年11月30日,英國大作家、詩人奧斯卡·王爾德(Oscar Wilde)在巴黎離開人世。 王爾德1854年10月出生于愛爾蘭都柏林,是19世紀(jì)英國偉大的作家與藝術(shù)家之一。他以劇作、詩歌、小說等聞名。但是,王爾德也堪稱英倫范“段子手”的鼻祖。值此紀(jì)念日,一起重溫他的八句警世名言。閱讀,讓你更好懂得人生;分享,讓朋友對你刮目相看。 我認(rèn)為,上帝造人有點(diǎn)過高估計(jì)了自己的能力。 (I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.) 永遠(yuǎn)原諒敵人,沒有什么能比這個(gè)讓他們更惱火。 (Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.) 我什么都能抗拒,除了誘惑。 (I can resist everything except temptation.) 為了贏回我的青春,我什么都愿意做,除了鍛煉、早起、做個(gè)對社會(huì)有用的人。 (To win back my youth, there is nothing I wouldn't do - except take exercise, get up early, or be a useful member of the community.) 年輕的時(shí)候,我以為錢是人生最重要的,現(xiàn)在我老了,我懂了,確實(shí)如此。 (When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.) 人生中只有一件事比被人議論更糟糕,那就是:無人議論你。 (There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.) 時(shí)裝是一種讓人無法忍受的丑陋,所以我們必須每六個(gè)月?lián)Q一次。 (Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.) 這是倫敦市中心的王爾德塑像。上面刻的字取自王爾德劇作: 我們都在陰溝里,但有些人在仰望星空。 ("We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars". ) |
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