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The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

  • -- Lady Dorothy Nevill 多萝西·内维尔夫人

谈话的真正艺术不只是在正确的地方说正确的话，而是在诱人的时刻不说错误的话。

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It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.

要说出确切的事实是非常困难的，即使是关于你自己的即时感受——要比说出关于它们的一些并非确切事实的好话要困难得多。

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The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.

修正沉默是致命的;当你知道你犯了罪，而你的朋友什么也不说，避开你的眼睛。

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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.

橡树倒下时，整个森林都回响着它倒下的声音，但是，一阵不被人注意的微风，却在寂静中播下了一百颗橡子。

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Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

不合时宜的表扬，或者不得体的给予，都会让人的心像责备一样冰冷。

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For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.

对于客厅的使用，模糊的普遍性是一个救命稻草。

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Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

沉默和机智可能是一回事，也可能不是一回事。

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