Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.

  • -- Edmund Waller 沃勒

诗人失去了他们本应得到的赞美的一半,如果知道他们小心翼翼地涂抹了什么的话。

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Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.

赞扬和责备都不是真正批评的对象。公正的区别对待,坚定的建立,明智的规定,诚实的奖励。这些才是批评的真正目的和职责。

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

我一直是个仰慕者。我认为,如果一个人想有所成就,那么钦佩别人的天赋是必不可少的。我不知道没有它我会在哪里。

Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.

当我们品尝时赞美我们,当我们证明时允许我们。

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

不成熟的诗人模仿;成熟的诗人偷窃。