真正仰望星空的那个人

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真正仰望星空的那个人

我一直庆幸,在小时候看过《快乐王子》,长大后看过了《道林·格雷的画像》,没曾错过王尔德这个人,这个人类大社会里最为有趣的天才之一。

王尔德的魅力在于他奇异的表达,非常迷人的文字。决定这一切的,是他无与伦比的智商。

这个才子把妙语说尽了,然后坐等男人女人们对号入座。

王尔德一直看透了人类,也就是说看透了我们。

即便被他的冷酷和直接一枪打中,我们嘿嘿一笑,摸摸头,也不觉得很丢人。反正我们人多,我们的对立面也就他孤零零一个。时间久了,我们也会慢慢学着他,去仰望星空。

在《快乐王子》里,丢弃掉黄金和宝石的王子,只剩一个破裂的铅心。我非常喜欢这个最有爱的意象。

王尔德借上帝之口说,这破碎的铅心才是一个城市最宝贵的东西。

网络里的王尔德语录颇多差错,我重新梳理了一遍。也感谢豆瓣里的豆友们整理,尤其是慕容澈的整理和润色。

如果想体会更多的王尔德精彩言语,一定要去看他的作品。

王尔德语录

We are all in the gutter,but some of us arelooking at the stars.

我们都在阴沟里,但仍有人正仰望星空。

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly findanother love and wise already had one in reserve.

当一段爱结束时软弱者哭泣能干的人马上去找另一个聪明的早就预备了一个

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he wouldcease to be an artist.

伟大的艺术家不能只看事物本来的样子,如果这样那他就弱了。

One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.

人总是能对并不在意的人很好。

We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliantfailures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.

我们爱尔兰人太诗意以致于不能做诗人,我们是聪明的失败者的民族,但我们是自希腊人以来最伟大的演说者。

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

对我们来说,痛苦的审判常常就是那些虚伪的祝福。

The heart was made to be broken.

心是用来碎的。

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

大众超级宽容,他们原谅一切除了天才。

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record ofdead religions.

宗教被证实是真的时候,它就死了。科学就是死掉的宗教的记录。

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

为什么我会和这些同代人一块儿出生呢?

Only the shallow know themselves.

只有肤浅的人才懂他们自己。

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resisteverything but temptation.

摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是接受诱惑,我能抗拒一切除了诱惑。

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

不满是一个人或民族进步的第一步。

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and hispunishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

梦想家仅靠月光就能发现道路,他受到的惩罚是比所有人先看到黎明。

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来。

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

活着是世上最罕见的,大多数人只是存在,就这样。

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

我没什么好报关的,除了我的天才。(对海关官员语)

I like men who have a future and women who have a past

我喜欢来日方长的男人,和不堪回首的女人。

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

悲观主义者:当他有机会挑选两种不幸时,他两个都选。

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value ofnothing

什么叫愤世嫉俗者?一个知道每个事物价格却不知道其价值的人。

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with noprinciples better than anything else in the world.

我喜欢人甚于规条我还喜欢没规条的人甚于世上的一切。

I don't want to earn my living; I want to live.

我不想谋生,我想生活。

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

谦虚是致命的,放肆最成功了。

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

比被八卦更坏的事情就是没有八卦。

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treatingher as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

女人遇到把她当成完美正常的人的男人,怎么能指望有快乐呢

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of theirattraction.

我猜所有迷人的人都是被溺爱的,这是他们魅力的秘密。

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

真相很少纯粹,也决不简单。

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

嘲讽是庸众对天才的颂歌。

A true friend stabs you in the front.

真朋友才当面刺你。

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul areinfinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

普通的财富会被偷走,真财富不会。你灵魂里无限珍贵的东西是不会被带走的。

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

恨是盲目的爱也是。

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life isnot.

注意穿着打扮是必需的,而有个生活目标却没必要。

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

宽恕你的敌人吧,没什么能比这个让他们郁闷的了。

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants,and the other is getting it.

生活里有两种悲剧:一个是得不到想要的,另一个是得到了。

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and onealways ends by deceiving others. That is what world calls a romance.

在恋爱的开头,一个人总是骗自己,而结束的时候是骗别人。这就是所谓的罗曼史。

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

聊天气是无趣人类的最后避难所。

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

一个人的真实生活往往就是他未曾掌控的生活。

No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.

没有人富有到可以赎回自己的过去。

Most people discover when it is too late that the only things one neverregrets are one's mistakes.

大多数人发现他们从未后悔的事情只是他们的错误,但发现时已经太晚了。

What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.

什么是离婚的主要原因结婚。

I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and preventsarguments.

我喜欢自言自语因为这样节约时间而且不会有人跟我争论。

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

绅士就是从不无心伤害别人感觉的人。

Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious; both aredisappointed.

男人因疲倦而结婚,女人因好奇而结婚;最终他们都会失望。

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

不是艺术模仿生活,而是生活模仿艺术。

When I was young , I used to think that money was the most important thingin life , now that I am old , I know it is.

我年青时以为钱是最重要的,现在老了,发现果真如此。

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

一个思想若不危险,那么它就不配被称作思想。

I am not at all romantic. I am not old enough. I leave romance to myseniors.

我一点都不浪漫。我还不太老,还是把浪漫留给比我老的人吧。

And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it isusually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every sixmonths.

什么是时尚?艺术一点说,时尚是一种难以忍受的丑陋,以至于我们不得不每六个月就更改一次。

We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.

我们教给人们如何记忆,却从来不教他们如何成长。

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires avery fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

任何人都能对朋友的不幸感到同情,但要承受朋友的成功,就需要好天性。

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it isabsolutely fatal.

不够真诚有点危险,太真诚却绝对致命。

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion,enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.

男女之间不存在友谊,有激情,有仇恨,有崇拜,有爱,但没有友谊。

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things.

良心和怯懦其实是一回事。

I am so clever that sometimes I dont understand a single word of what Im saying.

我简直太聪明了,有时连我自己都不知道自己在说什么。

I have made an important discoverythat alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the effects ofintoxication.

我有一个重大发现——如果酒喝多了,就会产生各种陶醉效果。

I like talking to a brick wall, it's the only thing in the world thatnever contradicts me.

我喜欢对着一堵墙说话,世界上只有它不会反驳我。

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

我喜欢表演。与生活相比,表演更真实。

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be goodthan to be ugly.

善良不如漂亮,不过善良总比丑陋好。

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of anyuse to oneself.

对于忠告,你所能做的,就是把它转送别人,忠告从来就不是给自己准备的。

Time is a waste of money.

时间就是钱被浪费。

My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of ushas to go.

墙纸越来越破,而我越来越老,两者之间总有一个要先消失。

——1900年11月30日,于左岸旅店,王尔德的遗言。



四月果然是残酷的月份,但还是祝大家茫无所知,保持快乐。

希望王尔德对我们都有一点点帮助。


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