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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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Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.

诗歌不仅仅是一组相互关联的词语;它远不止于此，它能让我们一瞥我们对世界的看法。

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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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It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent.

没有足够的才智把话说好，没有足够的判断力保持沉默，这是一种巨大的不幸。

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The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

聪明的人用他们的思想塑造语言，就像筛子筛谷粒一样。

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In three words i can sum up everything i've learned about life: it goes on.

我可以用三个词来总结我所学到的关于生活的一切:生活还要继续。

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