A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
赞美
Praise
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。
Honouring itself the clay rears up To praise its pottering purposes, But, oh, much sorrow shall it sup Before fulfilment is.
陶土自重，挺起腰板来赞美它陶制的目的，但是，啊，在成就之前，它将饱尝多少悲哀。
There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
有人赞美没有疾病的人;在我看来，一个贫穷的人似乎没有疾病，但他总是生病。
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。
Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.
一个人对抽象之美的热爱使他成为自己作品的一个严厉的批评家，对他来说，赞扬或责备只是一时的效果。
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
构成那些获得尊重和赞扬的品质的主要成分是良好的本性、真理、良好的判断力和良好的教养。
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
赞美上帝，所有的祝福都从他而来!赞美他吧，下面所有的生灵!天上的万象哪，你们要在天上赞美他。赞美父、子、圣灵!
Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.
不为赞扬而欢呼，不为责备而悲伤，而是彻底了解自己的美德或能力，这是一个优秀的人的特点。
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。
The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.
拍拍后背，搂着肩膀，对正确的事情表示赞赏，对错误的事情表示同情的点头，这些都是高尔夫的一部分，就像生活本身一样。
You are always working on your worst book and your best book at the same time. The praise does not make you write better, and it shouldn't make you write worse, either.
你总是同时在写你最差的书和最好的书。赞美不会让你写得更好，也不应该让你写得更差。
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
渴望被他的同伴们观察、考虑、尊重、赞扬、喜爱和钦佩，这是人类心灵中发现的最早也是最敏锐的性情之一。
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I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
我质疑星星的价值。我认为他们被高估了。他们得到了太多的钱，太多的赞扬。
Few human beings are proof against the implied flattery of rapt attention.
很少有人能证明自己不会受到全神贯注的奉承。
Fair words please the fool, and sometimes the wise.
甜言蜜语让傻瓜高兴，有时也让智者高兴。
Faint praise is akin to abuse.
微弱的表扬类似于辱骂。
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。
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。