It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows.

  • -- William Empson 燕卜荪

把事情拖到别人知道后再做,似乎是一种令人不快的高雅行为。

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Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.

连续的口才的疲倦。要欣赏伟大,就必须抛弃它。任何事情的连续性都是令人不快的。冷是适宜的,这样我们就可以暖和起来。

Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it. You're learning from it.

一旦你接受了不愉快的消息,不是消极的,而是作为需要改变的证据,你就不会被它打败。你正在从中学习。