A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
沉默
Silence
When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship.
当沉默是一种选择时，它是一种令人不安的存在。当沉默被强加时，那就是审查。
If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet... maybe we could understand something.
如果再安静一点，如果我们都保持安静……也许我们能理解。
Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. The grave will supply plenty of time for silence.
永远不要做不公平或愚蠢的旁观者。坟墓会给你足够的时间保持沉默。
Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.
演讲和沉默。和一个会说话的疯子在一起比和一个不会说话的人在一起更安全。
In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here.
起初，这里一片寂静。寂静中传来了声音。声音不在这里。
Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.
在所有的美德中选择沉默，因为它能让你听到别人的缺点，并掩盖你自己的缺点。
Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?
沉默也许是金，但你能想出一个比听他说话更好的方法来取悦他吗?
What can be said at all can be said clearly; and whereof one cannot speak thereof one must be silent.
能说的都说得清楚;对于不能说的事，必须保持沉默。
Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness.
永远不要把我的沉默误认为无知，把我的平静误认为接受，把我的善良误认为软弱。
If silence of the days and darkness of the nights is the indicator of the doomsday; we are already in it.
如果白天的寂静和夜晚的黑暗是世界末日的预兆;我们已经身处其中。
There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence.
没有办法减轻这种负担。这趟旅程从一个危险的地方驶向另一个危险的地方，一个充满他人和寂静的地方。
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
历史给我们的教训之一是，没有什么事是一件好事，说出来总是一件聪明的事。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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.
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。
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
最后，我们记住的不是敌人的话，而是朋友们的沉默。
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
我发誓，无论何时何地，只要有人忍受痛苦和羞辱，我绝不保持沉默。我们必须始终站在任何一方。中立帮助压迫者，而不是受害者。沉默鼓励受折磨的人，而不是受折磨的人。
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
对于诗人来说，沉默是一种可以接受的回应，甚至是一种奉承。
A friend is someone you can be alone with and have nothing to do and not be able to think of anything to say and be comfortable in the silence.
朋友是那种你可以一个人呆着，无事可做，想不出要说什么，在沉默中感到舒适的人。
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
当我们对重要的事情保持沉默时，我们的生命就开始结束。