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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One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

当今世界上所有麻烦的根本原因之一是人们说得太多,想得太少。他们做事冲动,不加思考。我说话前总是先思考。

The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is much more to be said-, a comparison would tend rather to bring out the differences.

一种语言在机构中所占的特殊地位是不可否认的,但还有很多话要说——比较往往会揭示出不同之处。

I didn't know then that I would never be able to leave the sounds and smells of these sights behind me, but I was fiercely conscious of one thing-my ambition.

那时我并不知道我将永远无法将这些景象的声音和气味抛诸脑后,但我强烈地意识到一件事——我的抱负。

This is a church of tenderness and arrogance, of sparkling differences and human failings. There is no unmixing the two.

这是一个充满了温柔和傲慢,闪耀着差异和人性弱点的教堂。这两者不可分离。

You send a message in everything you do. I'm always very conscious about what ideas and what energy I put out there.

你所做的每件事都传达了一个信息。我总是很清楚我的想法和精力。

If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.

如果你使用机智,你可以说任何话,然后使它有趣。