In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

  • -- Horace 贺拉斯

为了简洁,我变得晦涩难懂。

相关名言

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

当像塔西佗一样,一个人有话要说时,简短地说几句话并不是什么伟大的艺术;然而,当一个人无话可说,却照样写了一整本书,把真相变成了一个说谎者——我称之为一种成就。

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

只有当我努力想要简洁的时候,我才会变得模糊。

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

美好的事物在短暂的时候是双倍的美好。

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

永远不要过于简短以至于变得晦涩难懂。