Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

自负比机智更能引起交谈。

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A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they’re telling each other to grow and to die; when you’re sick, something’s gone wrong with that conversation

一个人的身体是一个正在进行的对话,在细胞内部和细胞之间,它们告诉彼此生长和死亡;当你生病的时候,谈话就会出问题

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'

你认为国家元首之间只有严肃的对话,但实际上他们经常以天气或“我真的很喜欢你的领带”开始。

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.

俏皮话只要我们把它们限制在一定范围内,就会让人高兴,但如果我们把它们推得太过,就会引起冒犯。

You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.

你不能把两个笨蛋变成一个聪明人。