王尔德的智言慧语 The Witticism of Oscar Wilde

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Nowadays people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly. Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others.

We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.

When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.

Religion is the fashionable substitute for Belief.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

All crime is vulgar, just as all vulgarity is crime.

The soul is a terrible reality. It can be bought, and sold, and bartered away. It can be poisoned, or made perfect.

均摘自本书。