If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be - not understood, but divined.

If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be - not understood, but divined.

如果令人厌烦的秘密就是把一切都说出来，那么令人愉快的秘密就是说得足够让人听得懂——不懂，但能猜出来。

-- Remy de Gourmont 尔蒙