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1、SHORTERPROSEPIECESSHORTERPROSEPIECESOscarWilde1SHORTERPROSEPIECESPHRASESANDPHILOSOPHIESFORTHEUSEOFTHEYOUNGThefirstdutyinlifeistobeasartificialaspossible.Whattheseconddutyisnoonehasasyetdiscovered.Wickednessisamythinventedbygoodpeopletoaccountforthecuriousattractivenesso

2、fothers.Ifthepooronlyhadprofilestherewouldbenodifficultyinsolvingtheproblemofpoverty.Thosewhoseeanydifferencebetweensoulandbodyhaveneither.Areallywell-madebuttonholeistheonlylinkbetweenArtandNature.Religionsdiewhentheyareprovedtobetrue.Scienceistherecordofdeadreligions.

3、Thewell-bredcontradictotherpeople.Thewisecontradictthemselves.Nothingthatactuallyoccursisofthesmallestimportance.Dulnessisthecomingofageofseriousness.Inallunimportantmatters,style,notsincerity,istheessential.Inallimportantmatters,style,notsincerity,istheessential.Ifonet

4、ellsthetruthoneissure,soonerorlater,tobefoundout.Pleasureistheonlythingoneshouldlivefor.Nothingageslikehappiness.Itisonlybynotpayingone'sbillsthatonecanhopetoliveinthememoryofthecommercialclasses.Nocrimeisvulgar,butallvulgarityiscrime.Vulgarityistheconductofothers.Onlyt

5、heshallowknowthemselves.Timeiswasteofmoney.Oneshouldalwaysbealittleimprobable.Thereisafatalityaboutallgoodresolutions.Theyareinvariablymadetoosoon.Theonlywaytoatoneforbeingoccasionallyalittleoverdressedisbybeingalwaysabsolutelyovereducated.Tobeprematureistobeperfect.2SH

6、ORTERPROSEPIECESAnypreoccupationwithideasofwhatisrightorwronginconductshowsanarrestedintellectualdevelopment.Ambitionisthelastrefugeofthefailure.Atruthceasestobetruewhenmorethanonepersonbelievesinit.Inexaminationsthefoolishaskquestionsthatthewisecannotanswer.Greekdressw

7、asinitsessenceinartistic.Nothingshouldrevealthebodybutthebody.Oneshouldeitherbeaworkofart,orwearaworkofart.Itisonlythesuperficialqualitiesthatlast.Man'sdeepernatureissoonfoundout.Industryistherootofallugliness.Theagesliveinhistorythroughtheiranachronisms.Itisonlythegods

8、whotasteofdeath.Apollohaspassedaway,butHyacinth,whommensayheslew,liveson.NeroandNarcissusarealwayswithus.Theol