By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.

耳聋使人在某一方面得到的比失去的多;人们错过的更多的是废话而不是道理。

-- Horace Walpole 霍勒斯·沃波尔