Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

  • -- William Hazlitt 威廉·哈兹里特

智慧是谈话的调味品,而不是食物。

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Did you ever see the customers in health - food stores? They are pale, skinny people who look half - dead. In a steak house, you see robust, ruddy people. They're dying, of course, but they look terrific.

你在保健食品店见过顾客吗?他们脸色苍白,骨瘦如柴,看上去半死不活。在牛排馆里,你会看到健壮、红润的人。他们当然要死了,但他们看起来很棒。

My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger.

我妈妈有一个很好的方法让我参与到关于我所做的选择的对话中,倾听,保持客观和开放的心态,尊重这些选择,只要它们不会让我处于危险之中。

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

在日常交谈中,有两件事是普通人不喜欢的——信息和风趣。

If the lizard were good to eat, it would not be so common.

如果蜥蜴好吃的话,就不会那么常见了。

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

自负比机智更能引起交谈。

Use your wit as a shield, not as a sword.

用你的智慧做盾牌,而不是剑。