没有人富有到可以买回自己的过去。

For each man kills the thing he loves, yet each man does not die. 人人必杀所爱，因此人人得以苟活。

— 王尔德 《雷丁监狱之歌》

如果欢愉就是快乐的话，那我真是快乐无比。我就这么活着，也这么死去。

— 王尔德 《快乐王子》

女人无所谓正派，正派是因为受到的引诱不够；男人无所谓忠诚，忠诚是因为背叛的筹码太低……

— 王尔德

I can write no stately proem As a prelude to my lay; From a poet to a poem I would dare to say. For if of these fallen petals Once to you seem fair, Love will waft it till it settles On your hair. And when wind and winter harden All the loveless land, It will whisper of the garden, You will understand

— 王尔德 《我年妻子》