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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I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.

我一直认为,如果每个人在成年初期都能失明或失聪几天,那将是一件幸事。黑暗会使他珍惜光明;寂静会教会他声音的乐趣。

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。

In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.

读书时,一场寂寞而宁静的音乐会给了我们的心灵;我们所有的心智能力都将呈现在这种交响乐的提升中。

You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed?

你注意到了吗?现在到处都没有安静的地方。

I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.

我必须开始倾听那些安静的、烦人的怀疑。