如何說一些優美的英國話
on proposing: “ I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I’ll certainly try to forget the fact.”
on truth: “Algernon. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!
Jack. That wouldn’t be at all a bad thing.”
on ciyncism: for heaven’s sake, don’t try to be cynical. It’s perfectly easy to be cynical.
on dining: “I hate people who are not serious about meals. It’s so shallow of them. “
on cleverness: “ I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left.”
on doing nothing: “it id awfully hard work doing nothing. ”
on happy endings: “Cecily. I don’t like novels that end happily. They depress me so much.
Miss Prism. The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily.”
on bitterness: “What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. ”
on dressing up:”I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such little result. ”
“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated. ”
on denial: “I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked. ”
on society: “Never speak disrespectully of Society. Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that. ”
on waiting: “If you are not too long. I will wait here for you all my life.”
on arguments:”I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and sometimes convincing. ”
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