No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say many things indifferent, and many very bad.

  • -- Francis Lockier 洛基尔

在谈话中,凡是想说好听的话的人,是不会有出彩的。要使人高兴,就得说许多无关紧要的话,说许多极坏的话。

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Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own compositional practice, so I should be careful about generalizing lest they come back to haunt me.

事实上,我在公共场合说的大多数话或多或少都会直接导致我自己的写作实践,所以我应该谨慎地进行概括,以免它们再次困扰我。

All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.

一切有光有美的,有大的有小的,有智慧有奇事。这都是主耶和华所造的。

I'll say it again, I've said it before. I'll love you forever and then a little bit more.

我再说一遍,我以前说过。我会永远爱你,然后再爱你一点点。

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

要让谈话继续是不可能的,每个人都说得太多了。

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

会话的主要用途是满足说话的冲动。

What would you say if you found out you're everything?

如果你发现你就是一切,你会说什么?