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Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

  • -- William Penn 威廉·佩恩

说话要得体，尽量少说话，但一定要简明扼要;因为言语的结局，不是炫耀，乃是叫人明白。

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An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

一个爱炫耀的人宁可把他所犯的错误或荒谬的事说出来，也不愿被禁止谈论他自己心爱的人。

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The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

我认为，毕业演讲并不能完全令人满意地体现我们的文化。

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Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

诗歌是一种情感找到了它的思想，思想找到了语言。

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I write songs so that the person i didn't say those words to can hear them.

我写歌是为了让我没有说那些话的人能听到。

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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

沉默如永恒之深，言语如时间之浅。

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