The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.

  • -- Francois Marie Arouet 阿鲁埃

华丽的风格并不不适合公众演讲或演说,它们只相当于赞美。当没有更实在的东西可说的时候,那些轻浮的美人就在她们的位置上了;但是华丽的风格应该从恳求、布道或说教作品中去除。

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It would be easier to say, what was the difference in style from many years ago. Many years ago, the old violinists, they also had a good technique, they were not tonally as good.

更容易说的是,现在的风格和许多年前有什么不同。很多年前,老的小提琴手,他们也有很好的技巧,他们在音调上没有那么好。

I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.

我仍然持一种相当老式的观点,认为这是我的工作,而且是在公共场所进行的,但这并不意味着每个人都有权在来这里之前知道在家里发生了什么。

Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!

公众演讲吗?我在街上自言自语!