When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.

-- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

橡树倒下时，整个森林都回响着它倒下的声音，但是，一阵不被人注意的微风，却在寂静中播下了一百颗橡子。

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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

我从健谈的人身上学会了沉默，从偏执的人身上学会了宽容，从无情的人身上学会了善良;然而，奇怪的是，我对那些老师不领情。

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Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

你不要行事正直，因为你往树林去，必看见直树被砍倒，弯曲的树还存留。

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As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

正如我们必须解释每一个无聊的话一样，我们也必须解释每一个无聊的沉默。

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Don't expect a cherry tree from an acorn.

别指望橡子能长成樱桃树。

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