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As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

正如我们必须解释每一个无聊的话一样，我们也必须解释每一个无聊的沉默。

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Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

告诉我们要服从本能就像告诉我们要服从人一样。人们会说不同的话，直觉也是如此。我们的本能处于战争状态…每一种本能，如果你听从它，都会声称以牺牲其他本能为代价而得到满足。

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One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.

一个人不是因为专心而无所事事。有看得见的劳动，也有看不见的劳动。思即苦干，思即行。双臂交叉起作用，双手合十起作用。仰望天堂是一种创造的行为。

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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。

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It is tact that is golden, not silence.

机智是金，而不是沉默。

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There is no substitute for hard work.

努力工作是不可替代的。

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An idle man is the devil's pillow.

懒汉是魔鬼的枕头。

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