奥斯卡·王尔德(Oscar Wilde，1854~1900)，英国著名文豪，是19世纪最富盛名的剧作家。他身兼诗人、小说家、散文家、童话作家等，是19世纪与萧伯纳齐名的英国才子。奥斯卡·王尔德是唯美主义代表人物，19世纪80年代美学运动的主力和90年代颓废派运动的先驱。1900年王尔德因脑膜炎于巴黎的旅馆去世，终年46岁。

NO1. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.我们都在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。

NO2. Men become old, but they never become good.人们越长越老，但绝不会越变越好。

NO3. The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that itis not emotional.情感的好处就是让我们引入歧途，而科学的好处是不感情用事。

NO4.Everyone is born king, and most people die in exile.每个人生来都是君王，但大多数在流亡中死去。

NO5.Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.过自己想要的生活不是自私，要求别人按自己的意愿生活才是。

NO6.The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.比被人谈论更糟糕的事只能是不被人谈论。

NO7.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。

NO8.The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.生活的秘诀在于，要好好体尝被骗得很惨的乐趣。

NO9.To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.爱自己是终身浪漫的开始。

NO10.Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.做你自己，因为别人都有人做了。

NO11.I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.我喜欢自言自语，因为这样节约时间，而且不会有人跟我争论。

NO12.A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.不够真诚是危险的，太真诚则绝对是致命的。

NO13.The heart was made to be broken.心是用来碎的。

NO14.What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.什么是离婚的主要原因？结婚。

NO15.It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.只有肤浅的人才不会以貌取人

NO16.Hatred is blind, as well as love.恨是盲目的，爱亦然。

NO17.The truth is rarely pure and never simple真相很少纯粹，也决不简单。

NO18.A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.一个人倘若不为自己思考，那就从未思考过。

NO19.The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.摆脱诱惑的唯一方法是向诱惑屈服。我能抵御一切——除了诱惑。

NO20.Pleasure for the beautiful body,but pain for the beautiful soul.美好的肉体是为了享乐，美好的灵魂是为了痛苦。