Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

  • -- William Drummond 德拉蒙德

要用嚼环勒住你的舌头。你当在嘴唇前警戒,恐怕你口中的言语,败坏你的平安。多言生后悔,多言生平安。

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We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes.

我们有很多层面的演讲,就像绘画层面的透视,创造一个短语的透视。最重要的单词在声音平面的前景中表现得最为生动。不那么重要的单词创造了一系列更深层次的词汇。

I have four boys and one girl. My daughter is my only little girl and I just love her to death. I can't even fix my mouth to tell her 'no' for anything.

我有四个男孩和一个女孩。我女儿是我唯一的小女儿,我爱她爱得要死。我甚至连对她说“不”都说不出口。

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

后悔与其说是对我们所做的事的后悔,不如说是对后果的恐惧。

My mouth automatically says 'shit' when something bad happens.

当不好的事情发生时,我的嘴会自动地说“狗屎”。

Short acquaintance brings repentance.

短暂的相识会带来后悔。

Deeds are fruits, words are leaves.

行动是果实,言语是树叶。