In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

  • -- Edgar Allan Poe 埃德加·艾伦·坡

在批评中,我要勇敢,像对待朋友和敌人一样,绝对公正。没有什么能使我偏离这个目的。

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I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

我相信物质的东西可以使一个人的生活愉快,但基本上,如果你没有很好的朋友和亲戚谁对你很重要,生活将是真正的空虚和悲伤,物质的东西不再重要。

For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!

因为,如果一个人有什么值得称赞的地方,满足于此是愚蠢的虚荣心;如果这是滥用——为什么一个人总能从一个该死的好心肠的朋友那里听到这些呢?

Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

二加二等于四,尽管业余爱好者为三而哀鸣,批评家为五而呐喊。

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

要知道,你收到的批评的数量可能与你收到的宣传的数量多少多少有关。