We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice.

  • -- Jean de La Bruyere 布吕耶尔

我们很少后悔说得太少,却常常后悔说得太多:这是一句庸俗陈腐的格言,全世界都知道,但全世界都不实行。

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When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

当一个人被要求演讲时,他首先要决定的是说什么。

He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.

他知道沉默的谎言和言语的谎言一样邪恶。