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批评
Criticism
In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.
在艺术领域，批评家是唯一独立的信息来源。剩下的就是广告。
If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.
如果你把羽毛好好涂上油，批评之水就会像鸭子背上的水一样流走。
One does not have the right to criticize until he can do the same work without being criticized.
一个人没有权利批评，除非他能做同样的工作而不被批评。
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
我们大多数人的问题是，我们宁愿被表扬毁了，也不愿被批评拯救。
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
批评是一种误解:我们读书不是为了了解别人，而是为了了解自己。
If I have one criticism of the other late-night shows, it's that they're almost entirely scripted.
如果说我对其他深夜节目有什么批评的话，那就是它们几乎完全是照本写的。
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
雕刻的规则适用于批评;能用勺子切东西，切莫用刀。
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.
诚实的批评很难接受，尤其是来自亲戚、朋友、熟人或陌生人的批评。
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
一个成功的人是能够用别人扔给他或她的砖头打下坚实基础的人。
Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own.
批评是人们的不赞成，不是因为他们有缺点，而是因为他们有与你自己不同的缺点。
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
要测试一个谦虚的人是否谦虚，不要看他是否无视掌声，要看他是否容忍批评。
I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
我确实看到了音乐批评的价值。这些年来，我所受到的大多数批评都很好。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
不要用斧头把朋友额头上的苍蝇砍下来。
When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.
当你的结果很好，你显然会有很多压力。当你开始动摇的时候，你会受到一些批评，这没有什么不正常的。
If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.
如果评论家对我的私生活有意见，那是他们的意见。任何有半个大脑的人都会意识到，图表才是最重要的。
Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.
二加二等于四，尽管业余爱好者为三而哀鸣，批评家为五而呐喊。
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
最高尚的批评是，批评家与其说是作者的对手，不如说是他的对手。