A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

一位对我们的制度持严厉但并非不友好批评态度的人士表示,要想欣赏上院,唯一的办法就是去看看它。

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Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.

议会不能被告知一个直接的谎言,但很有可能让他们误导自己。

It is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed.

令人深感遗憾的是,召集议会的决心被拖延了这么久。

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

我知道在欣赏我的观众面前演奏和听到我的秘密声音是多么的兴奋。

Let us consider the critic, therefore, as a discoverer of discoveries.

因此,让我们把批评家看作是发现的发现者。

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

恶人又嫉妒又恨。这是他们欣赏的方式。

The critic should describe, and not prescribe.

批评家应该描述,而不是规定。