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

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

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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When the idle poor become the idle rich, you'll never know just who is who, or which is which.

当游手好闲的穷人变成游手好闲的富人时,你将永远不知道谁是谁,谁是谁。

If you observe the pace of my breaths, you won't need to listen to my words.

如果你观察我呼吸的速度,你就不需要听我说话了。

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

我听见了就忘记了。我看见了,我记得。我知道,我理解。

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

造就人的不是环境,而是品格。

Silence is a girl's loudest cry.

沉默是一个女孩最大的哭声。

It is idle to await unanimity.

等待全体一致意见是徒劳的。