《道林·格雷的画像》经典语录：英文原文与中文翻译
The Picture of Dorian Gray
从奥斯卡·王尔德的《道林·格雷的画像》中选出的15句经典语录，英文原文下附中文翻译。每一句都直接摘自原书。整本书可以免费阅读，配有翻译、朗读和词典。
“Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.”
「良心和怯懦其实是一回事，巴兹尔。良心只是商号的招牌。如此而已。」
Lord Henry went out to the garden and found Dorian Gray burying his face in the great cool lilac-blossoms, feverishly drinking in their perfume as if it had been wine. He came close to him and put his hand upon his shoulder. “You are quite right to do that,” he murmured. “Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
亨利勋爵走到花园里，发现道林·格雷把脸埋在大片清凉的丁香花丛中，如饥似渴地狂饮着花香，仿佛那是美酒。他走近他，把手搭在他肩上。「你这样做很对，」他低声说。「除了感官，什么也治不了灵魂，正如除了灵魂，什么也治不了感官。」
“Because you have the most marvellous youth, and youth is the one thing worth having.”
「因为你拥有最奇妙的青春，而青春是唯一值得拥有的东西。」
“Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last for ever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.”
「永远！这是个可怕的词。我一听到它就发抖。女人太喜欢用这个词了。她们想使每段浪漫史永远持续下去，结果把它毁了。这还是个毫无意义的词。一时的兴致和终生的激情之间唯一的区别，就在于一时的兴致持续得稍久一点。」
“Yes,” he continued, “that is one of the great secrets of life. Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.”
「是啊，」他接着说，「这是人生的一大秘密。如今大多数人死于一种蔓延的常识，等到发现唯一从不后悔的事就是自己的错误时，已经太晚了。」
“My dear boy, no woman is a genius. Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly. Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.”
「我亲爱的孩子，没有哪个女人是天才。女人是装饰性的性别。她们从来没有什么可说的，但她们说得迷人。女人代表物质对精神的胜利，正如男人代表精神对道德的胜利。」
“Pleasure is the only thing worth having a theory about,” he answered in his slow melodious voice. “But I am afraid I cannot claim my theory as my own. It belongs to Nature, not to me. Pleasure is Nature’s test, her sign of approval. When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.”
「快乐是唯一值得为之建立理论的东西，」他用那缓慢悦耳的嗓音回答。「但恐怕我不能说这理论是我自己的。它属于自然，不属于我。快乐是自然的考验，是她认可的标记。我们快乐时，总是善良的，但我们善良时，并不总是快乐的。」
“Yes, we are overcharged for everything nowadays. I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial. Beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich.”
「是啊，如今我们做什么都要付高价。我想穷人的真正悲剧在于，他们除了克己什么也负担不起。美丽的罪孽，就像美丽的东西一样，是富人的特权。」
“Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws. Their origin is pure vanity. Their result is absolutely nil. They give us, now and then, some of those luxurious sterile emotions that have a certain charm for the weak. That is all that can be said for them. They are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where they have no account.”
「好的决心是干扰科学规律的徒劳尝试。它们的根源是纯粹的虚荣。它们的结果绝对为零。它们偶尔给我们一些奢侈而无用的情绪，对弱者有某种魅力。关于它们能说的就这些。它们不过是人们在没有存款的银行里开出的支票。」
“What has the actual lapse of time got to do with it? It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
「时间的实际流逝跟这有什么关系？只有浅薄的人才需要几年才能摆脱一种情绪。一个能主宰自己的人，结束悲伤就像创造快乐一样容易。我不想受自己情绪的摆布。我想利用它们，享受它们，支配它们。」
“I don’t wish to know anything about them. I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself don’t interest me. They have not got the charm of novelty.”
「我一点也不想了解他们的事。我喜欢别人的丑闻，但关于我自己的丑闻我不感兴趣。它们没有新奇感的魅力。」
“Each of us has heaven and hell in him, Basil,” cried Dorian with a wild gesture of despair.
「我们每个人心中都有天堂和地狱，巴兹尔，」道林带着绝望的狂野手势喊道。
Lord Henry looked serious for some moments. “It is perfectly monstrous,” he said, at last, “the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one’s back that are absolutely and entirely true.”
亨利勋爵严肃了一会儿。「这真是太荒唐了，」他最后说，「如今人们竟在别人背后说那些绝对完全属实的话。」
“Pray don’t, Lady Ruxton,” said Lord Henry. “Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.”
「请别这样，拉克斯顿夫人，」亨利勋爵说。「节制是致命的事。足够和一顿饭一样糟。超过足够则如同一场盛宴。」
“Like all good reputations, Gladys,” interrupted Lord Henry. “Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.”
「就像所有好名声一样，格拉迪斯，」亨利勋爵打断道。「一个人产生的每一种效果都会给他带来一个敌人。要想受欢迎，就必须做个庸人。」
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