Children begin by loving their parents; as they growolder they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them

　　孩子最初愛他們父母,等大一些他們評判父母,有些時候,他們原諒父母

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

　　生活里有兩個悲劇:一個是沒有得到我們想要的,另外一個是得

　　A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelingsunintentionally.

　　紳士就是從不無意識傷害別人感覺的人

　　Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of theunimaginative

　　談論天氣是無趣談話最后的避難所

　　One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

　　真實生活就是我們不會引領的生活

　　Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to accountfor the curious attractiveness of others

　　邪惡是好人發明出來說明那些奇異而有魅力的人的神話

　　Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it isalways Judas who writes the biography

　　每個偉人現今都有信徒,而傳記總由叛徒來

　　When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficientones instantly find another love and wise already had one in reserve.

　　當愛到了終點,軟弱者哭泣,精明者馬上去發現另外一個,聰明的早就預備了一個.

　　No great artist ever sees things as they really are. Ifhe did he would cease to be an artist.

　　沒有偉大的藝術家是看事物真實的樣子,如果他這樣那他就不再是藝術家

　　I represent to you all the sins you have never had thecourage to commit

　　我提供給你們的是你們沒勇氣去犯的罪

　　One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about

　　總是善待別人的人對什么都不在意

　　We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nationof brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.

　　我們愛爾蘭人太詩意以至不能做詩人,我們是才華橫溢的失敗者的國度,可我們是自希臘人以來最偉大的講演者

　　What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings indisguise

　　痛苦的審判是那些虛偽的祝福

　　The advantage of the emotions is that they lead usastray.

　　情感的好處就是讓我們誤入歧途

　　Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

　　請不要射擊鋼琴師,他已經盡力了.

　　The heart was made to be broken

　　心是用來碎的

　　The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everythingexcept genius.

　　公眾是驚人地寬容,可以原諒一切除了天才

　　Religions die when they are proved to be true. Scienceis the record of dead religions.

　　宗教會死亡,當他們需要證實是真的時候,科學是死亡宗教的記

　　Why was I born with such contemporaries

　　為什么我會和這么多同代人一塊出生呢?

　　A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

　　詩歌可以拯救一切除了印刷錯誤

　　Only the shallow know themselves.

　　只有影子才懂他們自己

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

　　擺脫誘惑的唯一方式是被被誘惑,我能抗拒一切除了誘惑.

　　Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man ora nation

　　不滿是進步中的人或民族的第一步

　　I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, andprevents arguments.

　　我喜歡和自己說,因為節約時間和預防爭論

　　Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit

　　格言是智慧耐用的替代品

　　A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight,and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

　　夢想家能發現用月光鋪就的道路,懲罰是他比所有人提前看到曙

　　Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

　　每個圣人都有過去,每個罪人都有未來

　　To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most peopleexist, that is all.

　　活著是世上最珍貴的,大多數人只是存在,僅此而已.

　　I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

　　我沒什么好宣告的,除了我的天才

　　I like men who have a future and women who have a past

　　我喜歡有未來的男人和有過去的女人

　　Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils,chooses both.

　　悲觀主義者是那種有機會選兩種不幸而全都選擇的人

　　Society exists only as a mental concept; in the realworld there are only inspaniduals.

　　社會僅僅以一種精神概念而存在,真實的世界僅僅是個體的

　　What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everythingand the value of nothing

　　什么叫憤世嫉俗者?一個知道每個事物價格而不知道價值的人

　　I like persons better than principles, and I likepersons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

　　我喜歡人甚于原則,我還喜歡沒原則的人甚于世界上的一切

　　It is the confession, not the priest, that gives usabsolution

　　是懺悔而不是牧師給我們赦免

　　I don't want to earn my living; I want to live