把这一句，留给此刻的你
Before I begin speaking, there is something I would like to say.
在我开始讲话之前，我想说几句话。
— Saul Gorn 索尔戈恩
同一主题，不同的表达
更多好句 ↗Modern man…is educated to understand foreign languages and misunderstand foreigners.
现代人受的教育是懂得外语和误解外国人。
G. K. Chesterton
G.K.切斯特顿
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.
语言位于思想和行动之间，很方便，常常在那里两者都能被替代。
John Andrew Holmes
约翰·安德鲁·福尔摩斯
The task is to investigate speech sounds in relation to the meanings with which they are invested, i.e., sounds viewed as signifiers, and above all to throw light on the structure of the relation between sounds and meaning.
这项任务是研究语音与它们所赋予的意义之间的关系。，声音被视为能指，最重要的是阐明声音和意义之间关系的结构。
Roman Jakobson
罗曼·雅各布森
Speech is the mirror of action.
言语是行动的镜子。
Solon
梭伦
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.
如果一个人认为只有他才有语言，或者他的语言和思想高于别人，那么当他把这些人展现出来的时候，他就会被看成是一个空的人。
Sophocles
索福克勒斯
Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.
你说话要谨慎一点，免得毁了自己的前程。
William Shakespeare
威廉·莎士比亚