Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

  • -- Quentin Crisp 昆汀·奎斯普

没有什么比读一本有关礼仪的书更能使人迅速地倾向于进修道院了。有那么多琐碎的方式可以让我们犯下一些社会罪行。

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I often have trouble falling asleep at night, so when I'm lying in bed I think up stories. That's where I do a lot of my thinking. I also get a lot of ideas while I'm reading - sometimes reading someone else's stories will make me think of one of my own.

我晚上经常难以入睡,所以当我躺在床上时,我就会想故事。这就是我思考的地方。我在阅读的时候也会得到很多想法——有时候读别人的故事会让我想起我自己的故事。

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

没有什么比使用哪个叉子更重要的了。礼仪是生活的科学。它包含了一切。这是道德。它是荣誉。

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

礼仪意味着表现得比绝对必要的好一点。

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

三思而后行。三思而后行。