The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
逢场作戏和终身不渝之间的区别只在于逢场作戏稍微长一些。

我挺喜欢王尔德悖论的

No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.
-An Ideal Husband (1895)
没有人富有到可以赎回自己的过去。
——改编自《理想的丈夫》
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
-The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
真相很少纯粹，也决不简单。
——《不可儿嬉》
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
爱自己是终身浪漫的开始。
——爱自己就是开始延续一生的罗曼史。

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
我们都生活在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。
我最喜欢的一句话

We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.
我们爱尔兰人太诗意以至不能做诗人，我们的国家里充满才华横溢的失败者，可我们是自希腊人以来最伟大的说空话之人。
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
看似痛苦的试炼的往往是伪装的祝福。
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途。
Over the piano was printed a notice: Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
Personal Impressions of America (Leadville) (1883)
钢琴上贴着一条告示：请不要枪杀钢琴师，他已经尽力了。
The heart was made to be broken.
心是用来碎的。

I have nothing to declare except my genius.
除了我的天才，我没什么好申报的。
送给我，也送给你

I like men who have a future and women who have a past
我喜欢有未来的男人和有过去的女人。
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
悲观主义者是这种人：当他可以从两种罪恶中选择时，他把两种都选了。
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
社会仅仅以一种精神概念而存在，真实世界中只有个体存在。
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
一个愤世嫉俗的人知道所有东西的价格，却不知道任何东西的价值。
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
我喜欢人甚于原则，此外我还喜欢没原则的人甚于世界上的一切。
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
给我们赦免的，是忏悔而不是牧师。

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.
适度是极其致命的事情。过度带来的成功是无可比拟的。
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
世上只有一件事比被人议论更糟糕，那就是没有人议论你。
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers
-An Ideal husband, 1893
当神想惩罚我们时，他们就回应我们的祈祷。
-《一个理想的丈夫》
"Life is never fair...And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."
-An Ideal Husband，1893
生活从来不是公平的……而且，或许对我们大多数人来说，这是件好事。
-《一个理想的丈夫》
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
如果男人坚持把她当作一个完全正常的人，女人如何能期望会从他那里获得幸福。
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction
我想所有迷人的人都是被宠爱着的，这是他们吸引力来源的秘密。
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
没有比冷静更让人恼火的。
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一。
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌。
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual
什么也不做是世上最难的事情，最困难并且最智慧。

A true friend stabs you in the front.
真朋友才会当面中伤你。
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
平常的财宝会被偷走，而真正的财富则不会。你灵魂里无限珍贵的东西是无法被夺走的。
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
教养良好的人处处和他人过不去，头脑聪明的人处处和自己过不去。
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
恨是盲目的，爱亦然。
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
注意穿着打扮是必要的。而拥有生活目标却并非如此。
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
永远宽恕你的敌人，没有什么能比这个更让他们恼怒的了。
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them
孩子最初爱他们父母，等大一些他们评判父母；然后有些时候，他们原谅父母。