奧斯卡·王爾德(Oscar Wilde，1854~1900)，19世紀出生在英國(準確來講是愛爾蘭，但是當時由英國統治。)最偉大的作家與藝術家之一，以其劇作、詩歌、童話和小説聞名。唯美主義代表人物，19世紀80年代美學運動的主力和90年代頹廢派運動的先驅。
What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.
什麼是離婚的主要原因?結婚。
When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love and wise already had one in reserve.
當愛情走到盡頭，軟弱者哭個不停，有效率的馬上去尋找下一個目標，而聰明的早就預備了下一個。
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
偉大的藝術家所看到的，從來都不是世界的本來面目。一旦他看透了，他就不再是藝術家。
I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
我給你們講述的是所有你們沒勇氣去犯的罪孽。
One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.
一個人總是可以善待他毫不在意的人。
We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.
我們愛爾蘭人太詩意以至不能做詩人，我們的國家裏充滿才華橫溢的失敗者，可我們是自希臘人以來最偉大的説空話之人。
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
看似痛苦的試煉的往往是偽裝的祝福。
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
情感的好處就是讓我們誤入歧途。
The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
逢場作戲和終身不渝之間的區別只在於逢場作戲稍微長一些。
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiveing one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what would calls a romance.
愛，始於自我欺騙，終於欺騙他人。這就是所謂的浪漫。
——戀愛總是以自欺開始，以欺人結束。
The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
浪漫的精髓就在於它充滿種種可能。
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
人是理性動物，但當他被要求按照理性的要求行動時，可又要發脾氣了。
My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go.
牆紙越來越破，而我越來越老，兩者之間總有一個要先消失。——1900年11月30日，於左岸旅店，他的遺言。
No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.
-An Ideal Husband (1895)
沒有人富有到可以贖回自己的過去。--改編自《理想的丈夫》
Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
宗教一旦被證明是正確時就會消亡。科學便是已消亡宗教的記錄。
Why was I born with such contemporaries
為什麼我會和這樣同時代的`人一塊出生呢?
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
詩人可以從任何事件中存活，印刷錯誤除外。
Only the shallow know themselves.
只有淺薄的人才瞭解自己。
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
擺脱誘惑的唯一方式是臣服於誘惑……我能抗拒一切，除了誘惑。
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation
不滿是個人或民族邁向進步的第一步。
I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
我喜歡自言自語，因為這樣節約時間，而且不會有人跟我爭論。
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
格言是智慧耐用的替代品。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
-The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
真相很少純粹，也決不簡單。——《不可兒嬉》
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
愛自己是終身浪漫的開始。——愛自己就是開始延續一生的羅曼史。
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
我們都生活在陰溝裏，但仍有人仰望星空。
Most people discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
大多數人發現他們從未後悔的事情只是他們的錯誤，但發現時已經太晚了。
Over the piano was printed a notice: Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
Personal Impressions of America (Leadville) (1883)
鋼琴上貼着一條告示：請不要槍殺鋼琴師，他已經盡力了。
The heart was made to be broken.
心是用來碎的。
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
公眾驚人地寬容。他們可以原諒一切，除了天才。
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
夢想家只能在月光下找到前進的方向，他為此遭受的懲罰是比所有人提前看到曙光。
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
每個聖人都有過去，每個罪人都有未來。
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
生活是世上最罕見的事情，大多數人只是存在，僅此而已。
I have nothing to declare except my genius.
除了我的天才，我沒什麼好申報的。
I like men who have a future and women who have a past
我喜歡有未來的男人和有過去的女人。
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
悲觀主義者是這種人：當他可以從兩種罪惡中選擇時，他把兩種都選了。
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
社會僅僅以一種精神概念而存在，真實世界中只有個體存在。
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
一個憤世嫉俗的人知道所有東西的價格，卻不知道任何東西的價值。
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
我喜歡人甚於原則，此外我還喜歡沒原則的人甚於世界上的一切。
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
給我們赦免的，是懺悔而不是牧師。
