People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

人们要求批评,但他们只想要表扬。

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People ask me, 'What do you do?' And I tell them I'm a writer, but always with the silent reservation, 'I am, of course, not really a writer. Hemingway was a writer.'

人们问我,‘你是做什么的?我告诉他们我是一名作家,但总是带着沉默的保留。海明威是个作家。”

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

古代作家的赞美不是来自对死者的崇敬,而是来自对生者的竞争和相互嫉妒。

Ask nothing from running and you'll get more than you ever imagined.

从跑步中什么都不要问,你会得到比你想象的更多。

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

很多人知道如何奉承,很少有人知道如何赞美。