One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

  • -- Elias Canetti 伊莱亚斯卡内蒂

一个人应该用赞美来认识自己不是什么。

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The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but."

最卑鄙、最可鄙的赞美,是先称赞一个人,然后用“但是”来修饰它。

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

让批评家称赞你就像让刽子手说你的脖子很漂亮。