A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
沉默
Silence
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
我认为首要的美德是管住舌头;他最接近知道如何保持沉默的神，即使他是对的。
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。
The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
容器里的水闪闪发光;海里的水是黑的。小真理有清晰的文字;伟大的真理有伟大的沉默。
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。
Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue.
偏见和不容忍，由于争论而沉默，通过迫害而努力保持沉默，在过去是用火和剑，在现代是用舌头。
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness.
在沉默的态度中，灵魂会在更清晰的光线中找到道路，而那些难以捉摸和欺骗的东西，会分解成晶莹剔透的清晰。
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.
他们写了无数的书;太骄傲、太分散、不能缄默。各人追求自己的高升、躲避自己的空虚。
I'm familiar with that feeling of silence that comes with a very imminent catastrophe, when you know you have absolutely no control over a situation.
我很熟悉那种即将到来的灾难带来的沉默感，当你知道你完全无法控制局面时。
A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech.
谈话中突然的沉默突然把我们带回本质:它揭示了我们必须为语言的发明付出多大的代价。
Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them.
没有时间一个人,不能坐在一起沉默的人,这是一样的拒绝他们,是轻蔑。
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
我从健谈的人身上学会了沉默，从偏执的人身上学会了宽容，从无情的人身上学会了善良;然而，奇怪的是，我对那些老师不领情。
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.
我们这一代人必须忏悔的，不仅是坏人的刻薄言辞和行为，还有好人令人震惊的沉默。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grow pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you.
沉默不是故事的自然环境。他们需要的话。没有他们，他们变得苍白，生病和死亡。然后他们缠着你。
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
当文字变得模糊时，我将用照片聚焦。当形象变得不合适时，我将满足于沉默。
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
正如我们必须解释每一个无聊的话一样，我们也必须解释每一个无聊的沉默。
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 are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.
生活中有两条伟大的规则:永远不要一下子把所有的事情都说出来。