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真正仰望星空的那個人

我一直慶幸，在小時候看過《快樂王子》，長大后看過了《道林·格雷的畫像》，沒曾錯過王爾德這個人，這個人類大社會里最為有趣的天才之一。

王爾德的魅力在于他奇異的表達，非常迷人的文字。決定這一切的，是他無與倫比的智商。

這個才子把妙語說盡了，然后坐等男人女人們對號入座。

王爾德一直看透了人類，也就是說看透了我們。

即便被他的冷酷和直接一槍打中，我們嘿嘿一笑，摸摸頭，也不覺得很丟人。反正我們人多，我們的對立面也就他孤零零一個。時間久了，我們也會慢慢學著他，去仰望星空。

在《快樂王子》里，丟棄掉黃金和寶石的王子，只剩一個破裂的鉛心。我非常喜歡這個最有愛的意象。

王爾德借上帝之口說，這破碎的鉛心才是一個城市最寶貴的東西。

網絡里的王爾德語錄頗多差錯，我重新梳理了一遍。也感謝豆瓣里的豆友們整理，尤其是慕容澈的整理和潤色。

如果想體會更多的王爾德精彩言語，一定要去看他的作品。

王爾德語錄

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

我們都在陰溝里，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.

當一段愛結束時，軟弱者哭泣，能干的人馬上去找另一個，聰明的早就預備了一個。

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

偉大的藝術家不能只看事物本來的樣子，如果這樣那他就弱了。

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

人總是能對并不在意的人很好。

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

我們愛爾蘭人太詩意以致于不能做詩人，我們是聰明的失敗者的民族，但我們是自希臘人以來最偉大的演說者。

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

對我們來說，痛苦的審判常常就是那些虛偽的祝福。

The heart was made to be broken.

心是用來碎的。

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

大眾超級寬容，他們原諒一切，除了天才。

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

當宗教被證實是真的時候，它就死了。科學就是死掉的宗教的記錄。

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

為什么我會和這些同代人一塊兒出生呢？

Only the shallow know themselves.

只有膚淺的人才懂他們自己。

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

擺脫誘惑的唯一方式是接受誘惑，我能抗拒一切除了誘惑。

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

不滿是一個人或民族進步的第一步。

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.

夢想家僅靠月光就能發現道路，他受到的懲罚是比所有人先看到黎明。

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

每個圣人都有過去,每個罪人都有未來。

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

活著是世上最罕見的，大多數人只是存在，就這樣。

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

我沒什么好報關的，除了我的天才。（對海關官員語）

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

我喜歡來日方長的男人，和不堪回首的女人。

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

悲觀主義者：當他有機會挑選兩種不幸時，他兩個都選。

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

什么叫憤世嫉俗者？一個知道每個事物價格卻不知道其價值的人。

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

我喜歡人甚于規條，我還喜歡沒規條的人甚于世上的一切。

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

我不想謀生,我想生活。

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

謙虛是致命的,放肆最成功了。

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

比被八卦更壞的事情就是沒有八卦。

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.

女人遇到把她當成完美正常的人的男人，怎么能指望有快樂呢？

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愛的，這是他們魅力的秘密。

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

真相很少純粹,也決不簡單。

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

嘲諷是庸眾對天才的頌歌。

A true friend stabs you in the front.

真朋友才當面刺你。

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

普通的財富會被偷走，真財富不會。你靈魂里無限珍貴的東西是不會被帶走的。

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

恨是盲目的，愛也是。

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

注意穿著打扮是必需的，而有個生活目標卻沒必要。

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

寬恕你的敵人吧，沒什么能比這個讓他們郁悶的了。

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

生活里有兩種悲劇：一個是得不到想要的，另一個是得到了。

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.

在戀愛的開頭，一個人總是騙自己，而結束的時候是騙別人。這就是所謂的羅曼史。

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

聊天氣是無趣人類的最后避難所。

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

一個人的真實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.

沒有人富有到可以贖回自己的過去。

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

大多數人發現他們從未后悔的事情只是他們的錯誤，但發現時已經太晚了。

What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.

什么是離婚的主要原因？結婚。

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

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。

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

紳士就是從不無心傷害別人感覺的人。

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

男人因疲倦而結婚，女人因好奇而結婚；最終他們都會失望。

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

不是藝術模仿生活，而是生活模仿藝術。

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.

我年青時以為錢是最重要的，現在老了，發現果真如此。

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

一個思想若不危險，那么它就不配被稱作思想。

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

我一點都不浪漫。我還不太老，還是把浪漫留給比我老的人吧。

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.

什么是時尚？藝術一點說，時尚是一種難以忍受的丑陋，以至于我們不得不每六個月就更改一次。

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

我們教給人們如何記憶，卻從來不教他們如何成長。

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

任何人都能對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.

不夠真誠有點危險，太真誠卻絕對致命。

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

男女之間不存在友誼，有激情，有仇恨，有崇拜，有愛，但沒有友誼。

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things.

良心和怯懦其實是一回事。

I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I’m saying.

我簡直太聰明了，有時連我自己都不知道自己在說什么。

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

我有一個重大發現——如果酒喝多了，就會產生各種陶醉效果。

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

我喜歡對著一堵墻說話，世界上只有它不會反駁我。

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

我喜歡表演。與生活相比，表演更真實。

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，不過善良總比丑陋好。

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

對于忠告，你所能做的，就是把它轉送別人，忠告從來就不是給自己準備的。

Time is a waste of money.

時間就是錢被浪費。

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

墻紙越來越破，而我越來越老，兩者之間總有一個要先消失。

——1900年11月30日，于左岸旅店，王爾德的遺言。

四月果然是殘酷的月份，但還是祝大家茫無所知，保持快樂。

希望王爾德對我們都有一點點幫助。

朝南陽臺 2015-08-23 08:48:47