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流言蜚语
Gossip
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
人们唯一不喜欢八卦的时候就是你八卦他们的时候。
Fire dies for lack of wood; if there's no whispering, gossip stops.
火因缺柴而灭;如果没有窃窃私语，流言蜚语就会停止。
Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.
流言蜚语是当你听到一些你不喜欢的人的事情时。
In this world of gossip, a good listener is rarer than a great orator.
在这个八卦的世界里，一个好的倾听者比一个伟大的演说家还要难得。
A malignant sore throat is a danger; a malignant throat not sore is worse.
恶性喉咙痛是一种危险;恶性喉咙不疼更糟。
You surround your vineyard with thorns - place doors and locks on your mouth.
你用荆棘圈住葡萄园，又用口锁住门闩。
Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.
流言蜚语是当奉承的对象不在场时，你对他们说的话。
If you make songs about yourself, you can't blame other people for singing them.
如果你为自己创作歌曲，你不能因为别人的演唱而责怪他们。
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
流言蜚语是一种什么都不说的艺术，而实际上什么都不说。
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
与饶舌人的舌头相比，火与剑是毁灭的慢速机器。
And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.
所有讲这故事的人都增添了一些新的东西，所有听到这故事的人都把它放大了。
Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks with garbage?
大自然讨厌真空，但为什么大多数人都急于用垃圾填空呢?
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It was the basilica of gossip, the Vatican of inside dope.
它是八卦的大教堂，内幕交易的梵蒂冈。
The dog that fetches will carry.
狗叼东西就背东西。
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
流言蜚语是受压迫者的麻醉剂。
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.
对于那些依赖邻居的性格和生活来取乐的人来说，真相还不够令人兴奋。
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
爱情和丑闻是茶中最好的提神剂。