Going too far in detail when uncalled for, it is not only a waste of speaking and listening, but a ruin of the thing itself.

• 以行业论，外交家大概是废话最多之人，但他们受过专业训练，能把废话说得娓娓动听，似乎胸中颇有经纬，实则多半是绣花枕头草肚皮。