Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

  • -- Pearl S. Buck 珍珠红

不合时宜的表扬,或者不得体的给予,都会让人的心像责备一样冰冷。

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The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to repair home together, and to rest in her bosom.

这两个人站在迅速减少的受害者人群中,但他们说话的样子就像只有他们两个人一样。眼睛对着眼睛,声音对着声音,手对着手,心对着心,这两个来自宇宙母亲的孩子,否则就会天各一方,天各一方,在黑暗的公路上走到一起,一起修复家园,一起安息在她的怀中。

Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges, hath his seat In reason, and is judicious, is the scale By which to heav’nly love thou may’st ascend, Not sunk in carnal pleasure, for which cause Among the beasts no mate for thee was found.

爱情使人的思想更高尚,心胸更开阔,它在理性中占有一席之地,而且是明智的,它是唯一能帮助你提升你的爱的天平,而不是沉沦于肉体的欢乐之中,因为在野兽中找不到与你相配的伴侣。

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.

有两种方式建立我们的声誉:被诚实的人赞扬,和被流氓滥用。然而,确保前者是最好的,因为后者总是伴随着前者。

If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.

如果你使用机智,你可以说任何话,然后使它有趣。

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

沉默和机智可能是一回事,也可能不是一回事。

I will praise any man that will praise me.

凡赞美我的,我要赞美他。