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奧斯卡·王爾德（Oscar Wilde，1854-1900），最偉大的作家與藝術家之一，以其劇作、詩歌、童話和小說聞名。此外，廣為流傳的還有他的毒舌。不如來幾句王爾德金句？
　　
✪ It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
現如今無用的資訊這麼少，真是可悲。

✪ Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
時尚就是一種醜陋，因為醜得太難容忍，所以我們每半年要換一檔。

✪ Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
大多數人都不是自己。他們的思想是別人的意見，他們的生活是在模仿別人的生活，他們的戀愛也只是引述而已。

✪ The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the young know everything.
老時相信一切，中年懷疑一切，青年知道一切。

✪ The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
比被人談論更糟糕的事只能是不被人談論。

✪ The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.
處理好建議的唯一方式就是將它傳下去。好建議對自己是沒有用的。

✪ The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.
生活的秘訣在於，要好好體會被騙得很慘的樂趣。

✪ It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
把人分為好壞挺荒謬的。人要不就有魅力，要不就無趣。

✪ Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
人們給自己犯過的錯誤取名叫做經驗。

✪ The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
擺脫誘惑的唯一方式是臣服於誘惑。

文章來源：王爾德毒舌語錄精選