我们都在阴沟里,但仍有人仰望星空

2018-02-19  本文已影响31人  景瑞工作室
奥斯卡·王尔德(Oscar Wilde,1854—1900)

奥斯卡•王尔德是英伦才子放荡不羁的代表,从小有着过人的自信和天赋,20岁时以全奖考入牛津大学。

他的文字唯美颓废,衣着精致考究,恃才放旷的表面下,却有一颗纯善纯美的童心,被誉为“ 童话王子”。

当他在文坛如日中天时,却因一场同性恋控告案,被判入狱两年,声誉事业毁于一旦。出狱后流亡法国,抑郁而终。

近一百年后,英国才给了王尔德树立雕像的荣誉,上面刻着他广为流传的语录:“我们都在阴沟里,但仍有人仰望星空。”

他的雕像被人们用英文和法文写满“我爱你”,墓碑上留下全世界爱慕者的唇印。

唇印遍布的王尔德之墓

下面,我们来看看这个19世纪唯美主义大师的经典语录。随着探索的深入,我们可以了解到更多关于这个我行我素却充满魅力的王尔德。

1. 我们都生活在阴沟里,但仍有人仰望星空。

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

2. 爱,始于自我欺骗,终于欺骗他人。这就是所谓的浪漫。

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

3. 什么是离婚的主要原因?结婚。

What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage. 

4. 摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是臣服于诱惑……我能抗拒一切,除了诱惑。

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

5. 心,就是用来碎的。

The heart was made to be broken.

6. 每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来。

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

7. 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。

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

8. 我不想谋生,我想生活。

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

9. 每个人生来都是君王,但大多数在流放中死亡。

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

10. 男女之间不可能存在友谊,有的只是爱、恨、情、仇。

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

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