“Diogenes the Cynic, a Greek philosopher who is said to have lived inside a barrel to criticize the excesses of Athenian aristocrats.
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#anecdotes from various sources LC#
难怪安布鲁斯·毕尔斯（Ambrose Bierce），那著名的短篇《鹰溪桥上》（An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce）的作者得出了这样的结论：“那些天生词汇量最丰富、词汇驾驭得最自如的人也是最聪明的思想家”，原来他也是一本单词书（ The Cynic's Word Book《讽刺家辞典》）的作者。LC

还是很喜欢王尔德的作品的。
The picture of Dorian Gray这篇小说看到结局属实把我吓坏了。
这里面的Henry我挺喜欢的，喜欢他那种cynic的味道。对于Dorian，原本令他着迷的portrait后来令他厌恶最后则令他害怕，外表的beauty与灵魂的corruption，开始的innocence与之后的evil，各种巧合与矛盾凑在一起，本来发誓重新崇善开始的Dorian最后还是死在了自己的恶念之下。The picture of Dorian Gray实际上也就是每个人人生的写照，只不过在最后的结局上，王尔德只写了其中一种。