王尔德的反鸡汤：年轻时，我以为金钱是生命里最重要的东西；等到老了才知道，原来真是这样。

他是个身高1米93的胖子，写童话集，却对人性了如指掌，被称为“作家里的段子手”，“腐国第一毒舌”，反对一切心灵鸡汤。

让我们来领略一下他的毒舌——

“段子手”王尔德的金句

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

只有浅薄的人，才不以貌取人。

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，要求别人过自己的生活才是。

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.

年轻时，我以为金钱是生命里最重要的东西；等到老了才知道，原来真是这样。

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

人生只有两大悲剧：一个是得不到你想要的，另外一个是得到了。

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

做你自己，因为别人都有人做了。

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

摆脱诱惑的唯一方法就是向它屈服。我能抵御一切，除了诱惑。

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

时尚就是一种丑陋，因为丑得难以容忍，所以我们每半年要换一拨。

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

比被人议论更糟糕的，是没有人议论你。

When gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayer.

如果上帝想惩罚某人，必先让他如愿以偿。

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

永远宽恕你的敌人，没有什么比这个更让他们抓狂了。

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

诗人可以拯救一切，除了印刷错误。

It is very easy to endure the difficulties of one's enemies. It is the success of one's friends that are hard to bear.

敌人带来的困境很容易度过，朋友取得的成功却令人难以忍受。

One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.

人们总会善待自己毫不在意的人。

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

不够真诚是危险的，太真诚绝对是致命的。