Praise borrowed from ancestors is but very sorry praise.

从祖先那里借来的赞美是非常遗憾的赞美。

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We all have genes that come from our ancestors that aren't used - they're not turned on. So we actually carry ancient genes with us. If you could figure out how to turn those on, you could resurrect ancient characteristics from our ancestors.

我们所有人的基因都来自我们的祖先,而这些基因并没有被利用——它们没有被激活。所以我们实际上携带着古老的基因。如果你能弄明白如何开启它们,你就能从我们的祖先那里复活古老的特征。

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians.

当莎士比亚从旁门旁道或庸俗的历史学家那里借用小环境时,他是多么懂得如何改善和提升小环境。

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.

我的祖先在旷野迷路了四十年,因为即使在圣经时代,人们也不会停下来问路。

Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever.

近年来(也许是由于我们的政治变化),艺术比以往任何时候都更多地借鉴历史。

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

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。

I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.

我总是听到人们批评的声音是赞扬的两倍。