It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

  • -- Pythagoras 毕达哥拉斯

宁可默默无声,也不要说比沉默更有价值的话。宁可拿一颗珍珠去冒险,也不要说一句闲言碎语;多言少语,总要在寥寥几句话里说得很多。

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If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.

如果我们要改变我们的世界观,图像必须改变。这位艺术家现在有一项非常重要的工作要做。他不是一个娱乐富人的边缘人物,他真的很需要。

They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.

他们叫它高尔夫是因为其他四个字母的单词都被拿走了。

There is less danger in fearing too much than too little.

恐惧过多的危险小于恐惧过少的危险。

My God. There are no words.

我的上帝。没有语言。