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。

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Love can be understood only "from the inside," as a language can be understood only by someone who speaks it, as a world can be understood only by someone who lives in it.

爱只有“从内心”才能理解,就像一种语言只有说这种语言的人才能理解,就像一个世界只有生活在其中的人才能理解一样。

I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown older.

我讲真话,不是说我愿意讲,而是说我敢讲;随着年龄的增长,我变得更加勇敢了。