王爾德反雞湯語錄

奧斯卡·王爾德（Oscar Wilde，1854~1900）。

奧斯卡·王爾德

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，用現在的一句話來總結，就是反雞湯的鼻祖，以下是他的經典名言：

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。

What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.

什麼是離婚的主要原因？結婚。

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

擺脫誘惑的唯一方式是臣服於誘惑……我能抗拒一切，除了誘惑。

"Life is never fair...And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."

生活從來不是公平的……而且，或許對我們大多數人來說，這是件好事。

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

我年青時以為金錢至上，而今年事已邁，發現果真如此。

The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered.

人生的首要責任是盡量虛偽。至於第二責任是什麼，至今尚無人發現。

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

生活中只有兩種悲劇:一個是沒有得到我們想要的，另外一個是得到我們想要的。