The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.

  • -- Robert Louis Stevenson 罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森

修正沉默是致命的;当你知道你犯了罪,而你的朋友什么也不说,避开你的眼睛。

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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。

Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that.

对纠正持开放态度意味着让自己变得脆弱,而许多人不愿意这样做。

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

不能保持安静是人类明显的缺点之一。

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

把一个人从错误中解放出来就是给予,而不是索取。