But the girl frowned.
"I am afraid it will not go with my dress,"'she answered;" and, besides,the Chamberlain's nephew has sent me some real jewels,and everybody knows that jewels cost far more than flowers."
"Well, upon my word, you are very ungrate ful,"said the Student angrily, and he threw the rose into the street, where it fell into the gutter,and a cart- wheel went over it.
"Ungrateful!"said the girl."I tell you what, you are very rude;and, after all, who are you?Only a Student. Why,I don't believe you have even got silver buckles to your shoes as the Chamberlain's nephew has"; and she got up from her chair and went into the house.
"What I a silly thing Love is,"said the Student as he walked away."It is not half as useful as Logic, for it does not prove anything,and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen,and *** one believe things that are not true. In fact,it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to Philosophy and study Metaphysics.
So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.

那女郎只皱着眉头。
她答说:“我怕这花不能配上我的衣裳，而且大臣的侄子送我许多珠宝首饰，人人都知道珠宝比花草贵重。"
青年怒道:“我敢说你是个无情义的人。”她便将玫瑰掷在街心，掉在车辙里，让一个车轮轧过。
女郎说:“无情义？我告诉你吧，你实在无礼。况且到底你是谁？不过一个学生文人，我看像大臣侄子鞋上的那银扣，你都没有。”说着站起身来走回房去。
青年走着自语道:“爱好傻呀，远不如伦理学那般有实用，它所告诉我们的，无非是空中楼阁，实际上不会发生的，和缥缈的虚无不可信的事件。在现在的世界里存在，首要有实用的东西，我还是回到我的哲学和玄学书上去吧。”
于是，他回到房中，取出一本笨重的、满堆着尘土的大书埋头细读。

如果仔细体会这篇童话作品，从人生哲学的角度还可以看出作者表现的三种不同的人生观。
第一种就是作者极力赞美的夜莺所代表的理想***的人生观:他们追求所有美好的东西，为了他们的理想，不惜付出生命的代价；他们对死亡并不惧怕，因为死是他们实现人生理想和价值的必要手段。
第二种学生所代表的人生观:他们一方面渴望实现美好的理想，也追求美的东西，另一方面，他们却沉溺于幻想，不思进取，把理想的实现寄望予幸运之神；一旦理想与现实冲突时，他们就怨天尤人，逃避矛盾，最终要么寄情于书本的理想世界，要么自甘堕落，浪迹浊世。
第三种以教授的女儿为代表的随波逐流，爱慕虚荣的庸俗人生观:教授的女儿徒有外在的美貌，腹内实无一物，美貌只不过是他们追求奢华生活的跳板，他们庸俗市侩，
醉心于权力、名誉和物质享受，毫无同情心
，是世俗世界中丑恶的代表。