A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
演讲
Speech
Words, like eyeglasses, blur everything that they do not make clearer.
文字，就像眼镜一样，模糊了它们不能使一切变得更清晰的东西。
Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.
一千倍地滥用言论自由，总比否认言论自由好。
The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities.
我活得越久，就越能体谅人的弱点。
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
看起来聪明点，什么也不说，然后咕噜一声。语言是用来隐藏思想的。
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
雄辩的演说不是从唇到耳，而是从心到心。
A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.
锋利的舌头是唯一的锋利的工具，增长与不断使用。
Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.
演讲不是魔术，没有伟大的政策就没有伟大的演讲。
Sometimes a speech can make things better. This isn't one of those times.
有时候演讲可以让事情变得更好。现在不是这样的时候。
No man would listen to you talk if he didn’t know that it was his turn next.
如果不知道下一个轮到他，没有人会听你说话。
Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.
大多数深度失聪的人都有非常难以理解的语言。
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
我通常要花三个多星期来准备一篇好的即席演讲。
Do not pollute my perfectly acceptable figurative speech with irrelevant facts!
不要用不相干的事实来污染我完全可以接受的比喻性讲话!
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
世界上有一半人有话可说却不能说，而另一半人无话可说却一直在说。
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
如果言论自由被剥夺，那么我们可能会变得沉默寡言，就像绵羊被宰杀一样。
I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
我以为我会输，所以没有准备演讲。
Speech is oft repented, silence seldom.
言语常后悔，沉默少言。
Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.
你说话要谨慎一点，免得毁了自己的前程。
In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.
在我们这个时代，政治演讲和写作在很大程度上是站不住脚的辩护。