曲名：For the Love of God
艺人：Steve Vai
专辑：The 7th Song: Enchanting Guitar Melodies
年代：2000
风格：爵士、摇滚、吉他曲
介绍：现代电吉他教父Steve Vai曾获得包括葛莱美等无数奖项，是当今世界上摇滚吉他的第一把交椅。

奥斯卡·王尔德（Oscar Wilde，1854~1900），19世纪出生在英国（准确来讲是爱尔兰，但是当时由英国统治。）最伟大的作家与艺术家之一，以其剧作、诗歌、童话和小说闻名。唯美主义代表人物，19世纪80年代美学运动的主力和90年代颓废派运动的先驱。

【王尔德语录】

No great artist ever see things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
伟大的艺术家所看到的，从来都不是世界的本来面目，一旦他看到了真实，他将不再是艺术家。

There are only two tragedies in life:one is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it.
生活里有两个悲剧：一个是没有得到我们想要的；另外一个是得到了。

One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.
一个人总是可以善待他毫不在意的人。
（老鬼想起了知乎的问答【情商不高的例子有哪些？】，答：对陌生人毕恭毕敬，对亲近的人随意发怒……）

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
人是理性动物，但当他被要求按照理性的要求行动时，可又要发脾气了。

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and wise already had one in reserve.
当一段爱走到末路时，弱者哭泣，能者另觅，而智者，早已“狡兔三穴”。

If a woman can't make her mistake charming, she is only a female.
女人，即使犯错，也要让错误看起来可爱迷人。否则，她只能被定义为一个“雌性动物”。

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
女人是用来爱的，而不是用来了解的。

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
用好坏来群分人是愚蠢荒谬的，人只有两种——迷人，或者乏味。

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
纨绔子弟是这样的人——知道所有东西的价格，但对“价值”，一无所知。

A good name, like good will, is get by many action, and lost by one.
好名声，就像良好的意愿，需要很多行动才能成就，然若一招不慎，即刻满盘皆输。

When people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong.
每次人们赞同我的时候，我都觉得自己一定错了。
（老鬼插话：典型的王尔德悖论，也就是说“人们不赞同我的时候，我都是对的。”，真理总是站在他的那一边。）The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it…… I can resist everything but temptation.

摆脱诱惑的唯一途径就是屈从于诱惑……除了诱惑，我什么都能抵御。
Anybody can symphathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to symphatize with a friend's success.

任何人都能对一个黯然伤神的朋友加以抚慰，但要消受一个春风得意的朋友，相应要困难得多。
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead as astray感情的妙处就在于能使我们情意迷乱。

The heart was made to broken.
心就是用来碎的。

The public is wonderfully tolerant, It forgive everything except genius.
公众总是相当宽宏的，除了天才，他们可以包容一切。

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
一旦真相大白，宗教即刻毙命。科学是宗教的墓志铭。

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
不安现状是进步的基石，个人如此，民族亦然。

I like to do all the talking myself, It saves time and prevent argument.
我情愿唱独角戏，节约时间、避免争端。

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
引用是智慧的快捷键。

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
所有圣人都有不可告人的过去；所有罪人都有纯洁如新的未来。

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
“生活”是个稀罕玩意儿，大部分人只是“生存”在这世上，如此而已。

I have nothing to declare, except my genius.
除了我的天才，没什么好申报的。

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.
我喜欢有前途的男人和有故事的女人。

Pessimist, one who, when he has the choice of 2 evils, chooses both.
悲观主义者就是——把自己往死里整的人。

Society exists only as a mental concept, in the real world, there are only individuals.
社会不过是个意识层面的概念，真实的世界中，只有个人存在。

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with on principles better than anything else in the world.
我喜欢活人甚于原则，而这世上最叫我喜欢的，就是无原则的，放荡不羁的人。

I don't want to earn my living, I want to live.
我不想谋生，我想生活。

The only thing worse than being talk about is not being talked about.
比遭人非议更糟的是没人非议。

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled, It is the secret of their attraction.
恕我妄言，所有的尤物都被宠坏了，而这正是他们吸引力的奥秘所在。

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
没什么比静寂更具有破坏力了。

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相，鲜有纯粹，从不简单。

A true friend stabs you in the front.
当面刺伤你的是真诚的朋友

Ridicule is the tribute paid to genius by mediocrities.
嘲弄，是平庸献给天才的颂词。

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
真正的富有是无法被窃取的，它源自你的灵魂。

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
我们皆深陷泥潭，但我们之中的某些人会仰望星空。

The wellbred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
贵族与凡俗格格不入，而智者与其自身格格不入。

Hatred is blind, as well as love.
爱盲目，恨亦然。

Always forgive your enemies——nothing annoys them so much.
无视你的敌人——没什么比这更让他们恼火的了。

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiveing one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what would calls a romance.
爱，始于自我欺骗，终于欺骗他人。这就是所谓的浪漫。

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
绅士，不会无意伤人。

One's real life is often the life that one doesn't lead.
你真正的一生，不是你度过的一生。

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.
如今，每一个伟人都有自己的门徒，但执笔立传的，总是叛徒犹大。

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.
邪恶，是正派的人编制出来的神话，用以解释他人的吸引力。

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
人是一种理性生物，虽然当被要求屈从理性时，他们常常怒火中烧。

My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go.
墙纸越来越破，而我越来越老，两者之间总有一个要先消失。

No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.
没有人可以富有到赎回自己的过去。

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
自恋，是一场与生命等长的罗曼史。

Most people discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
很多人会发现他们唯一不曾懊丧悔恨的就是他们所犯的错误，只是往往发现得太晚了。

What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.
离婚的缘由是什么？结婚。

I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
我向你们展示所有你们从不敢触碰的罪。

Why was I born with such contemporaries?
我怎么就和这群人同处一个时代？

Only the shallow know themselves.
只有肤浅的人才可以摸清自己的底细。

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.
剧目，很好很强大；观众，很傻很天真。

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
可怕的悬念。我希望它能持久。

The evolution of man is slow. The injustice to man is great.
人类发展的进程是缓慢的，人类遭受的不公是巨大的。

Twenty years of romance make a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage make her look like a public building.
绵延二十载的浪漫，会让女人变成一堆废墟，而一场二十年的婚姻，会让女人变成公共建筑。

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
仪表翩翩是必须的，是不是要心怀理想就两说了。

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.
应该给那些富有的单身汉上更高的税。他们比其他人都快乐，这不公平。

Life is never fair…And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
生活永远不公平，但这也许比绝对公平好得多。

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.
情感的好处就是让我们引入歧途，而科学的好处是不感情用事。

The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.
已婚者的幸福取决于那个他没娶的人。

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
男人的脸是自传，女人的脸是小说。

Bad artists always admire each other's work.
二流艺术家总是互相吹捧。

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
选择敌人要相当谨慎。

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
男女之间，可能存在激情、敌意、崇拜、爱情，唯独不会有友谊。

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
真心，稍许一点就很危险，大剂量使用则必死无疑。

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
女人，一旦能看上去比自己的亲生女儿还年轻十岁，也就别无他求了。

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
有些人的到来给大家带来喜悦；有些人的离去给大家带来喜悦。

I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
我喜欢自言自语，因为这样节约时间，而且不会有人跟我争论。

The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
浪漫的本质是不确定性。

做你自己，因为别人都有人做了 。
Everyone is born king, and most people die in exile.

每个人生来都是君王，但大多数在流亡中死去。

愚人创造了世界，智者不得不活在其中。

你的错误不是你对生活所知甚少，而是你知道得太多了。你已把童年时期的曙光中所拥有的那种精美的花朵，纯洁的光，天真的希望的快乐远远地抛在后面了。你已迅捷地奔跑着经过了浪漫进入了现实。你开始着迷于阴沟及里面生长的东西。