Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

  • -- Theodor W. Adorno 狄奥多·阿多诺

机智是对差异的辨别。它包含有意识的偏差。

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We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation.

我们之间有一些真正的政治分歧,但我们都有共同的目标:清洁的空气和水,没有伤害的工作场所,安全的交通系统,举几个监管可以带来的好处。

Goods move in response to price differences from points of low to points of higher price, the movement tending to obliterate the price difference and come to rest.

商品从低价格点到高价格点的变动是对价格差异的反应,这种变动趋向于消除价格差异而停止。

The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.

音乐的功能是把我们从意识思维的暴政中解放出来。

I am not conscious of falling under any of those ornithological divisions.

我没有意识到自己属于这些鸟类学的任何一个分支。

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

机智是在不树敌的情况下表明观点的艺术。

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

沉默和机智可能是一回事,也可能不是一回事。