An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

不能保持安静是人类明显的缺点之一。

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One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.

值得尊敬的人有一个共同的缺点,那就是没有意识到其他人是多么的不值得尊敬,而信任他们又是多么的危险。

Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.

友谊也是喜欢一个人的缺点和弱点。这也是相互帮助,而不是剥削。

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent than they have to speak.

如果人们有同样的能力保持沉默,这个世界会比他们必须说话更幸福。

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

事实是,父母对公正并不真正感兴趣。他们只想要安静。

Everything was quiet, a strange sort of quiet that felt like an unfinished sentence.

一切都很安静,一种奇怪的安静,就像一句未说完的话。

When something important is going on, silence is a lie.

当重要的事情发生时,沉默是一种谎言。