Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.

  • -- Bernard Meltzer 伯纳德·梅尔策

在你说话之前,问问自己你要说的话是否真实,是否友善,是否必要,是否有益。如果答案是否定的,也许你要说的话就不要说了。

相关名言

Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.

举止得体:他说话的样子总是好像他妈妈在听似的。

People only speak to get something.

人们说话只是为了得到一些东西。