現在很多文章里、電影里、甚至電視劇都流行用一個人的語錄,那就是英國作家——奧斯卡·王爾德。
首先一起來讀王爾德《道林格雷的畫像》,犀利的語言讓人嘆服。驚嘆他的語音之美,感受到小說中的Lord Henry簡直是他自己化身——能夠讓謬論散發出真理般的光彩。
僅僅讀了一部分就發現那么多的經典的句子(英文原版,我覺得我的打字速度快了很多)
But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins.(P3)
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.(P10)
...the worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic.(P11)
Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passion.... (P20)
Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last for ever. (P29)
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. ( P42)
I can sympathise with everything, except suffering. ( P47)
Reality entered the room in the shape of a servant to tell the Duchess that her carriage was waiting.
But there is no literary public in England for anything except newspapers, primers, and encyclopaedias. (P50)
He was always late on priciple, his priciple being that puntuality is the thief of time. ( P52)
......
他感覺現在是真正做決定的時候了。或許,他已經做出了選擇?生活以及他對生活無限的好奇為他做出了選擇。永恒的青春,無盡的感情、微妙而隱秘的快樂、狂歡和更瘋狂的罪惡——一切都為他所擁有。可他恥辱的包袱將由畫像承擔——這就是一切。
你擁有青春的時候,就要感受它。不要虛擲你的黃金時代,不要去傾聽枯燥乏味的東西,不要設法挽救無望的失敗,不要把你的生命獻給無知、平庸和低俗。這些都是我們時代病態的目標,虛假的理想。王爾德是通過亨利把自己的人生觀傾訴了出來。
美與道德總會發生矛盾的,有時候,美本身就是一種毒藥,王爾德其實心里太清楚這個了,但是他沒有辦法戰勝自己的性格缺陷,于是他從不可一世的社交名流,變成了一個聲名狼藉的人,他自己也說過,If I can't be famous, at least I can be nortorious.看這本書,你可以想象一個活生生的王爾德,怎樣悠然自得地行走于倫敦上層社會的社交場合,用一串一串的妙語蠱惑人心,展現自己的魅力,享受公眾的矚目。
其實,今天那些所謂的妙語連珠通俗講就是段子,王爾德還有一個隱藏身份那就是——段子手,犀利的段子手。
這么厲害的段子手,我們怎能錯過他的段子呢?他的段子都是有文化的段子,看似段子其實,一針見血,句句扎心。
經典段子,老鐵看看扎心不,扎心雙擊666。
1、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。
2、What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.
什么是離婚的主要原因?結婚。
3、Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
男女之間不可能存在友誼,有的只是愛恨情仇。
4、"The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married."
已婚男人的快樂來自那些他沒有娶的人。
5、"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."
我年輕時以為金錢是世界上最重要的東西,等到老了才知道,原來真的是這樣。
6、"Always borrow money from a pessimist.He won't expect it back."
借錢就要向悲觀主義者借,因為他們不會期待你還錢。
我自己的最喜歡的還是這句:We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
他廣為流傳的那些“名言”,其中一些由于非常直白,對比人們習慣使用的虛偽言辭,就顯得極為可貴。
認同他那些話的人,覺得他機智、幽默、真實。
不認同的人則認為他的那些言論缺乏善意和教養。
我所理解的他,是一個遠比絕大多數人更善良和浪漫的天才。