A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
沉默
Silent
Coins always make sounds... But paper moneys are always silent. So, when your value increases, keep yourself silent and humble.
硬币总能发声……但是纸币总是沉默的。所以,当你的价值增加时,保持沉默和谦逊。
Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.
只有当责任的声音是沉默的,或者当它已经说出来的时候,我们才可以容许地考虑某一特定行动的后果。
He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.
沉默的人必须同意对方的意见,因为如果没有谈话之风的支持,对立的翅膀会拍打在什么东西上呢?
You see, my brethren, my heart is full; I could almost say it is too big to speak, and yet too big to be silent, without dropping a word to you.
弟兄们,你们看,我的心满了。我几乎可以说,它太大了,不能说话,但又太大了,不能沉默,没有给你留下一个字。
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
很多时候,坚强、沉默的人之所以沉默,只是因为他不知道该说些什么,而出名的坚强,只是因为他一直保持沉默。
Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook.
你的眼睛是泉源,在它平静平静的水中,可以看见天堂。它们的睫毛就像青草,滋润着溪水中幼小的身影。
In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down, and everybody walked in front of it and acted, and then they all walked off. Cutting was quite infrequent.
在无声电影中,他们倾向于把摄像机放下,每个人都走到摄像机前表演,然后他们都走开。
People ask me, 'What do you do?' And I tell them I'm a writer, but always with the silent reservation, 'I am, of course, not really a writer. Hemingway was a writer.'
人们问我,‘你是做什么的?我告诉他们我是一名作家,但总是带着沉默的保留。海明威是个作家。”
I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don't respect.
我像孩童安静,又像少妇安静。我正在为自己的大嘴而感到难过,但通常是来自那些我不尊重他们意见的人。
I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows.
我认为一个人的艺术是内在的成长。我认为没有人能解释经济增长。它是沉默和微妙的。人们不会为了看一棵植物如何生长而不断地挖掘它。
When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
当你工作时,你是一支笛子,时间的细语通过它的心奏出音乐。当万物齐声歌唱时,你们之中谁愿意做一根芦苇,默默无声?
It is difficult sharing and capturing so many years of memories and the people behind the words-and even though that guest book can speak volumes, in between, the pages remain so silent.
分享和捕捉这么多年的记忆和文字背后的人物是很困难的,即使那本留言簿能说明很多问题,但在这期间,书页却保持沉默。
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
十个人说话比一万个人沉默更能制造噪音。
A yawn is a silent shout.
打哈欠是无声的呼喊。
The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.
我们爱的美是很沉默的。它对自己温柔地微笑,但从不说话。
It is not enough to be pause, to be hole to be void, to be silent to be semicolon, to be semicolony;
仅仅是停顿,是空洞,是空洞,是沉默,是分号,是分号是不够的;
I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability.
我有权保持沉默……但我没有这个能力。
All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!
我所有的音乐会都没有声音;他们完全沉默了。人们必须在自己的脑海中创造自己的音乐!