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Pithy Prose: The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde Pithy prosa: De Wit og visdom af Oscar Wilde

By Expert Author: Philip Yaffe Ved ekspert Forfatter: Philip Yaffe Platinum ekspert Forfatter
View Summary | Submitted: 2008-05-17 | Word Count: 1363 words Vis Resumé | Forelagt: 2008-05-17 | Ordoptælling: 1363 ord
Philip Yaffe
Part 2 of an occasional series Del 2 af en lejlighedsvis serie

I am a collector of quotations. Jeg er en opkøber af citater. I have been ever since I learned how to write, I mean professionally, not in primary school. Jeg har været lige siden jeg lærte at skrive, jeg mener professionelt, ikke i folkeskolen.

I am particularly fond of what I like to call "pithy prose". Jeg er især glad for, hvad jeg vil kalde "pithy prosa". These short quotations can cover an unlimited variety of subjects: love, religion, politics, human nature, etc. What unites them is their ability to say more in one or two sentences than could be expressed in a thousand-word treatise. Disse korte citater kan dække en ubegrænset række forskellige emner: kærlighed, religion, politik, menneskelige natur osv. Det, der forener dem, er deres evne til at sige mere i en eller to sætninger end kunne være udtrykt i en tusind-ords afhandling. It's like being able to pour a liter of liquid into a half-liter bottle. Det er ligesom at være i stand til at hælde en liter væske i en halv-liters flaske.

They are superb examples of Mark Twain's famous dictum, "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." De er fremragende eksempler på Mark Twain's berømte dictum, "Forskellen mellem det rigtige ord og den næsten rigtige ord er forskellen mellem lyn og et lyn fejl."

In principle, all writers and public speakers are capable of producing pithy prose, but clearly some are better at it than others. I princippet skal alle forfattere og offentlige højttalere er i stand til at producere pithy prosa, men klart nogle er bedre til det end andre.

Any collection of pithy prose must necessarily be biased in terms of what it includes and excludes. Enhver indsamling af prosa pithy må nødvendigvis være forudindtaget i forhold til, hvad den indeholder og udelukker. I make no apologies for my selections, only for the hundreds of other meritorious quotations I had to leave out. Jeg gør ingen undskyldning for mit valg, kun for de hundredvis af andre fortjenstfulde citater jeg var nødt til at udelade.

No one will agree with all these quotations; this was not their intention. Ingen vil være enige med alle disse citater, det var ikke deres hensigt. You may even find some of them repugnant or outrageous. Du kan endda finde nogle af dem frastødende eller uanstændigt. This was their intention. Det var deres hensigt.

We seldom learn anything of value from what we already agree with. Vi sjældent lære noget af værdi fra, hvad vi allerede er enige med. Only those ideas that grate on our nerves can open our minds. Kun de ideer, rist på vores nerver kan åbne vores sind. As with oysters, irritation can produce pearls. Som med østers, irritation kan producere perler. So if anything you are about to read annoys or shocks you, try to think clearly and dispassionately about what it is saying. Så hvis noget, du er ved at læse irriterer eller chok dig, så prøv at tænke klart og ro om, hvad den siger. You will either be confirmed in your current belief or shaken into re-examining it. Du vil enten blive bekræftet i din nuværende tro eller rystet til fornyet behandling heraf.

Either way, you win! Uanset hvad, vinder du!

This article is part of an occasional series. Denne artikel er en del af en lejlighedsvis serien. In each article, I will be offering more amusing, educating, and exasperating quotations to your judgment. I hver artikel, jeg vil være at tilbyde mere morsomt, at opdrage, og exasperating tilbud til din dom. But just to be certain that we agree on what we are talking about, here it is in a nutshell. Men bare for at være sikker på, at vi er enige om, hvad vi taler om, her er det i en nøddeskal.

Pithy Prose: A quotation where at first you may not be quite certain what it means. Pithy Prosa: Et citat hvor der ved første kan du ikke være helt sikker på, hvad det betyder. But when you become certain, you become equally certain that it couldn't have been said better any other way. Men når du bliver sikker, du bliver lige så sikkert, at det ikke kunne have været sagt bedre anden måde. In short, big ideas in small packages. Kort sagt, store tanker i små pakker.

If you have a better definition of pithy prose, please contact me. Hvis du har en bedre definition af prosa pithy, bedes du kontakte mig. I would love to hear it. Jeg ville elske at høre det.

Who Is Oscar Wilde? Hvem er Oscar Wilde?

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), whose full name was Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde, was a renowned Irish dramatist, novelist, and poet. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), hvis fulde navn var Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde, var en berømt irsk dramatiker, romanforfatter og digter. His best known plays are "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Lady Windermere's Fan", and "An Ideal Husband", three delicious society farces. Hans mest kendte spiller er "betydningen af, at man for alvor", "Lady Windermere's Fan", og "An Ideal Husband", tre lækre samfund farces. "The Picture of Dorian Gray", his only novel, a dark tragedy, is considered to be a classic. "Billedet af Dorian Gray", hans eneste roman, en mørk tragedie, anses for at være en klassiker.

In 1895 Wilde was imprisoned for two years for homosexual offenses. I 1895 Wilde blev fængslet i to år for homoseksuelle handlinger. "The love that dare not speak its name", a euphemism for homosexuality. "De elsker at turde ikke tale sit navn", en eufemisme for homoseksualitet. Is closely associated with Wilde because he used it during his trial. Er tæt forbundet med Wilde, fordi han brugte det under sin rettergang. However, the phrase actually comes from the poem "Two Loves", published in 1894 by Lord Alfred Douglas. Men sætningen faktisk kommer fra digtet "To Loves", udgivet i 1894 af Lord Alfred Douglas.

Wilde was widely known for his barbed wit, which is clearly reflected in the following quotations. Wilde var kendt for hans barbed wit, hvilket klart afspejles i de følgende citater.

1. A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. En kyniker er en mand, som kender prisen på alt, men værdien af intet.

2. A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. En drømmer er en, der kun kan finde vej ved måneskin, og hans straf er, at han ser daggry før resten af verden.

3. A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally. En gentleman er en, der aldrig gør ondt nogens følelser utilsigtet.

4. A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. En mand, der ikke tror, for selv ikke tror på alle.

5. A man's face is his autobiography. En mands ansigt er hans selvbiografi. A woman's face is her work of fiction. En kvindes ansigt er hendes arbejde af fiktion.

6. A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. En ting er ikke nødvendigvis rigtigt, fordi en mand dør for det.

7. A true friend stabs you in the front. En sand ven stiksår dig i front.

8. All women become like their mothers. Alle kvinder bliver som deres mødre. That is their tragedy. Det er deres tragedie. No man does. Ingen mand gør. That's his. Det er hans.

9. Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. Altid tilgive dine fjender - intet irriterer dem så meget.

10. An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. En idé, som ikke er farlige er uværdig for at blive kaldt en idé overhovedet.

11. As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. Så længe krig betragtes som onde, det vil altid have sin fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. Når det er betragtet som vulgær, vil det ophøre med at være populært.

12. Bigamy is having one wife too many. Bigami er at have en kone for meget. Monogamy is the same. Monogamy er den samme.

13. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. Ved at give os de udtalelser fra de uuddannede, journalistik holder os i kontakt med uvidenhed om samfundet.

14. Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. Børn starte med at elske deres forældre, efter en tid, de anser dem sjældent, om nogensinde, kan man tilgive dem.

15. Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. Fashion er en form for grimhed så utåleligt, at vi må ændre den hvert halve år.

16. I always pass on good advice. Jeg har altid videregive gode råd. It is the only thing to do with it. Det er den eneste ting at gøre med det. It is never of any use to oneself. Det er aldrig for enhver anvendelse til sig selv.

17. I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. Jeg er så klog, at nogle gange, jeg ikke forstår et ord af, hvad jeg siger.

18. I can resist everything except temptation. Jeg kan modstå alt undtagen fristelser.

19. I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. Jeg vælger mine venner for deres gode udseende, min bekendte for deres gode tegn, og mine fjender for deres intellekt. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. En mand kan ikke være for forsigtig i valget af hans fjender.

20. I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability. Jeg sommetider tror, at Gud i skabelsen af mennesket noget overvurderet hans evne.

21. If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. Hvis der var mindre sympati i verden, ville der være færre problemer i verden.

22. Illusion is the first of all pleasures. Illusion er den første af alle hav.

23. Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. Livet er aldrig fair, og måske er det en god ting for de fleste af os, at det ikke.

24. Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable. Man kan tro det umuligt, men mennesket aldrig kan tro det usandsynligt.

25. Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. Mennesket er et rationelt dyr, som altid mister sit temperament, når han er opfordret til at handle i overensstemmelse med diktat fra grunden.

26. One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead. Ens virkelige liv er så ofte det liv, at en ikke fører.

27. Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. Pessimist: En, der, når han har valget mellem to onder, vælger dem begge.

28. Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. Samfund eksisterer kun som en mental begreb; i den virkelige verden er der kun enkeltpersoner.

29. The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. Den kritiker har til at uddanne offentligheden; kunstneren har til at uddanne de kritiker.

30. The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Den kyniker kender prisen på alt og værdien af intet.

31. The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. Den eneste ting at gøre med gode råd er at give det videre. It is never of any use to oneself. Det er aldrig for enhver anvendelse til sig selv.

32. The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. Den rene og enkle sandhed er sjældent ren og aldrig simpel.

33. The well bred contradict other people. Brønden forædlet i modstrid med andre mennesker. The wise contradict themselves. Den kloge modsige sig selv.

34. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. Verden er en scene, men de spiller dårligt støbt.

35. There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. Der er mange ting, som vi ville smide væk, hvis vi ikke var bange for, at andre kan hente dem.

36. There is a luxury in self-reproach. Der er en luksus i selvstændige bebrejdelse. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us. Når vi bebrejde os selv, vi føler ingen andre har ret til at bebrejde os.

37. There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love. Der er altid noget latterligt om de følelser af mennesker, hvoraf den ene er ophørt med at elske.

38. This suspense is terrible. Denne Ventetiden er forfærdelig. I hope it will last. Jeg håber, at det vil vare.

39. To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. Til at forvente det uventede viser en grundigt moderne intellekt.

40. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Vi er alle i rendestenen, men nogle af os kigger på stjernerne.

41. When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. Når guderne ønsker at straffe os, de besvarer vores bønner.

42. Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. Når en mand ikke en grundigt dumme ting, er det altid fra de ædleste motiver.

43. Whenever people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong. Når folk er enige med mig, jeg altid føler, at jeg må være forkert.

44. Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. Kvinden begynder ved at modstå en mands forskud og slutter ved at blokere for hans tilbagetog.

Previously in this Series Tidligere i denne serie

Part 1: Pithy Prose: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain Del 1: Pithy Prosa: De Wit og visdom af Mark Twain
About the Author/Author Bio Om Forfatter / Author Bio

Philip Yaffe is a former reporter/feature writer with The Wall Street Journal and a marketing communication consultant. Philip Yaffe er en tidligere reporter / feature forfatter med The Wall Street Journal og markedsføringsmateriale konsulent. He currently teaches a course in good writing and good speaking in Brussels, Belgium. Han øjeblikket underviser i et kursus i god skriftligt og god tale i Bruxelles, Belgien. His recently published book In the “I” of the Storm: the Simple Secrets of Writing and Speaking (Almost) like a Professional is available from Story Publishers in Ghent, Belgium (storypublishers.be) and Amazon (amazon.com). Hans nyligt offentliggjorte bog I "I" af Storm: Simple Secrets for at skrive og tale (Næsten) som en professionel er tilgængelig fra Story Publishers i Gent, Belgien (storypublishers.be) og Amazon (amazon.com).

For further information, contact: For yderligere oplysninger, kontakt:
Philip Yaffe Philip Yaffe
Brussels, Belgium Bruxelles, Belgien
Tel: +32 (0)2 660 0405 Tel: +32 (0) 2 660 0405
phil.yaffe@yahoo.com, phil.yaffe@gmail.com phil.yaffe @ yahoo.com, phil.yaffe @ gmail.com

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