A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
赞美
Praise
You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.
你不妨赞扬一个没有抢银行的人。
I would have praised you more had you praised me less.
如果你少表扬我一些,我就会多表扬你一些。
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
当你想要得到表扬时,谦虚是唯一可靠的诱饵。
The owl does not praise the light, nor the wolf the dog.
猫头鹰不赞美光明,狼不赞美狗。
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。
Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.
许多人知道如何奉承,很少有人知道如何赞美。
If one man praises you, a thousand will repeat the praise.
如果一个人赞美你,一千个人会重复赞美你。
Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
把每一点批评都夹在两层赞扬之间。
Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
赞扬那些批评你的人,因为他们没有达到标准。
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
天真无邪的人在无端的赞扬中感到最苦涩的责备。
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
赞美就像黄金和钻石一样,其价值只在于它的稀缺性。
Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.
对公众人物的不公正的攻击比不应该得到的赞扬对他们更有好处。
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So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts.
因此,赞扬他人的美德只能鼓励自己的努力。
Everyone was amazed & gave praise to god. They were filled with awe and said, "we have seen remarkable things today".
众人都惊奇,归荣耀与神。他们满怀敬畏地说:“我们今天看到了不寻常的事情。”
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
不合时宜的表扬,或者不得体的给予,都会让人的心像责备一样冰冷。
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.
从值得赞美的人那里得到赞美,是一种无比的快乐。
Praise is the hire of virtue.
赞美是美德的运用。