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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One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

当今世界上所有麻烦的根本原因之一是人们说得太多,想得太少。他们做事冲动,不加思考。我说话前总是先思考。

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

正确的词语可能是有效的,但没有一个词语比恰当的停顿更有效。

There's no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution.

除非你谈论解决办法,否则谈论这个问题是没有用的。

I hold communications with saints and angels, even with satan himself.

我与圣徒、与天使、就是与撒但本人、都有来往。

Speech is oft repented, silence seldom.

言语常后悔,沉默少言。

Without tact you can learn nothing.

没有机智,你什么也学不到。