Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

  • -- Saskya Pandita 萨斯卡潘迪塔

多说话是危险的原因。沉默是避免不幸的方法。那只会说话的鹦鹉被关在笼子里。其他的鸟,没有语言,自由地飞翔。

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If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.

如果我们注意到一个已被证明是大师的作品中的一些错误,我们可能甚至常常是正确的;然而,如果我们认为他是完全错误的,我们就有失去他整个概念的危险。

You can't stop people from talking about you, but you can stop giving them something to talk about.

你不能阻止人们谈论你,但你可以停止给他们谈论的话题。

We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.

我们从事收集消息的工作。我们不是来谈新闻的。

Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.

看来,抱负有可能成为富人的专利。

You never saw a fish on the wall with its mouth shut.

你从来没有见过一条鱼闭着嘴站在墙上。

Their silence is praise enough.

他们的沉默是足够的赞美。