The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.

  • -- Robert Louis Stevenson 罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森

修正沉默是致命的;当你知道你犯了罪,而你的朋友什么也不说,避开你的眼睛。

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Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that.

对纠正持开放态度意味着让自己变得脆弱,而许多人不愿意这样做。

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

对于诗人来说,沉默是一种可以接受的回应,甚至是一种奉承。

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

把一个人从错误中解放出来就是给予,而不是索取。

Talk is only silence that ain't working well.

谈话只是一种行不通的沉默。