It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

  • -- Abraham Lincoln 亚伯拉罕·林肯

与其张开嘴消除一切疑虑,不如保持沉默,被人认为是傻瓜。

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Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.

可以说,每一种痛苦的一部分都是痛苦的影子或反映:你不仅要受苦,而且必须不断地思考你受苦的事实。我不仅在无尽的悲伤中度过每一天,而且在每一天都想着在悲伤中度过每一天。

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。

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。

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

明智的人,当他们拿不准是该说话还是保持沉默的时候,他们会从自己的怀疑中获益,保持沉默。

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

人的一切行为中,悔改是最神圣的。所有错误中最大的错误是意识不到任何错误。

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

不做坏事是好事;不希望有什么坏事会更好。

Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.

一盎司的运气胜过一磅的黄金。