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

  • -- Jean de La Bruyere 布吕耶尔

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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Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.

演讲和沉默。和一个会说话的疯子在一起比和一个不会说话的人在一起更安全。

The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities.

我活得越久,就越能体谅人的弱点。