The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

  • -- Lady Dorothy Nevill 多萝西·内维尔夫人

谈话的真正艺术不只是在正确的地方说正确的话,而是在诱人的时刻不说错误的话。

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One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

当今世界上所有麻烦的根本原因之一是人们说得太多,想得太少。他们做事冲动,不加思考。我说话前总是先思考。

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

家庭内部的任何问题,无论大小,似乎总是始于糟糕的沟通。有人不听。

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

正确的词语可能是有效的,但没有一个词语比恰当的停顿更有效。

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

机智是对差异的辨别。它包含有意识的偏差。

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

沟通中最重要的事情是倾听别人没有说什么。

The answer to a fool is silence.

对傻瓜的回答是沉默。