Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.

  • -- Eli Wallach 埃里?瓦拉赫

让批评家称赞你就像让刽子手说你的脖子很漂亮。

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Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our powers of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.

不应得的赞扬比不应得的责备更能引起良心的痛苦,但可能只是因为这个原因,我们的判断能力在被过分赞扬时比被不公正地低估时更能完全暴露出来。

These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.

这些把我钉死在十字架上的批评家们一点也没有看出我的真诚。它们必须在大火中烧掉。我不能向他们学习。

I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.

我不得不说,我有许多比我自己更激烈的批评者。

Their silence is praise enough.

他们的沉默是足够的赞美。