Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.

  • -- William Gilmore Simms 威廉·吉尔默·西姆斯

赞扬和责备都不是真正批评的对象。公正的区别对待,坚定的建立,明智的规定,诚实的奖励。这些才是批评的真正目的和职责。

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But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.

但说实话,我不读评论家的作品。我爸爸读过所有关于我的文章。他打电话给我,让我读一些欣喜若狂的评论,但我总是坚持说我听不见。如果你重视好的评论,你就必须重视批评。

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.

建造工厂的人建造寺庙,在那里工作的人在那里敬拜,每个人都应该受到尊敬和赞扬,而不是轻蔑和指责。

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

如果你谦卑,没有什么能打动你,无论是赞扬还是羞辱,因为你知道你是谁。

The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

批评的乐趣剥夺了我们被一些美好事物感动的乐趣。