A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
沉默
Silence
Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
说话是天性，沉默是理解。
Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.
永远不要说任何不能改善沉默的事情。
Silence is not only golden, it is seldom misquoted.
沉默不仅是金，而且很少被错误地引用。
To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.
倾听自己的沉默是喜剧的关键。
Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does.
他讲的故事比我们任何人都精彩。沉默。
You never saw a fish on the wall with its mouth shut.
你从来没有见过一条鱼闭着嘴站在墙上。
I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.
我从树林里的泉水里喝下了上帝的寂静。
He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
睡在不断的喧闹声中的人，会被寂静惊醒。
The most profound statements are often said in silence.
最深刻的语句往往是在沉默中说出来的。
When something important is going on, silence is a lie.
当重要的事情发生时，沉默是一种谎言。
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
我发现，沉默其实是你能听到的。
It was a silence that heard itself, awful and beautiful.
这是一种无声的寂静，既可怕又美丽。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Only silence perfects silence.
只有沉默才能完善沉默。
A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals.
一个国际社会只有通过世界通讯才能存在，这意味着不仅仅是遍布全球的广泛的短波设施。它意味着共同的理解、共同的传统、共同的思想和共同的理想。
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.
声音是人类的天赋;它应该被珍惜和使用，尽可能地充分表达人类的语言。无能为力与沉默相伴。
Fools, said I, you do not know, silence like a cancer grows.
“傻瓜，”我说，“你不知道，沉默就像癌症一样滋长。”
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。