王尔德语录（8）

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.

对富有的单身汉应该客以重税。让某些人比其他人更快乐是不公平的。

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.

情感的好处就是让我们引入歧途，而科学的好处是不感情用事。

 I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

我敬佩简单的快乐，那是复杂的最后避难所。

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

除了感官，什么也不能治灵魂的创痛，同样，感官的饥渴也只有灵魂解除得了。

A good name, like good will, is got by many action and lost by one.

一个好的名声，就像好的意向一样，在很多个举动的形成，在一个举动中失去。 

It is absurd to divide people in to good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
-Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act I

把人分成好的与坏的是荒谬的，人要么迷人，要么乏味。-《温夫人的扇子》 

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
-The Sphinx Without a Secret

女人是用来被爱的，不是用来被理解的。-《没有秘密的斯芬克斯》 

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

艺术并非模仿生活，而是生活在模仿艺术。 

Everyone is born king, and most people die in exile.

每个人生来都是君王，但大多数在流亡中死去。

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，而今年事已迈，发现果真如此。