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赞美
Praise
Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
有些老人，不断地赞美他们年轻时的时光。事实上，你几乎会认为在他们那个时代没有傻瓜，但不幸的是，他们自己被留作了榜样。
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.
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。
To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work... coincides almost exactly with my own meditations which have occupied my mind for the past thirty or thirty-five years.
赞美它就等于赞美我自己。对于整个工作内容…在过去的三、三十五年里，我的思绪几乎完全被我自己的沉思占据了。
There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.
有两种方式建立我们的声誉:被诚实的人赞扬，和被流氓滥用。然而，确保前者是最好的，因为后者总是伴随着前者。
I used to hate old-timers who didn't praise the younger wrestlers, but you've got to pass the torch sometime. If you're old, that torch gets too heavy for you and you can't carry it, so it won't do you any good.
我过去很讨厌那些不称赞年轻摔跤手的老前辈，但是你总有一天要传递火炬的。如果你老了，那火炬对你来说太重了，你拿不动它，所以它对你没有任何好处。
According to my principles, every master has his true and certain value. Praise and criticism cannot change any of that. Only the work itself praises and criticizes the master, and therefore I leave to everyone his own value.
根据我的原则，每一位大师都有他真实而确定的价值。表扬和批评都不能改变这一点。只有作品本身赞扬和批评大师，所以我把他自己的价值留给每个人。
Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our powers of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.
不应得的赞扬比不应得的责备更能引起良心的痛苦，但可能只是因为这个原因，我们的判断能力在被过分赞扬时比被不公正地低估时更能完全暴露出来。
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There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies.
没有对抚养孩子的女性给予表扬或承认。
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!
Praise a fool, and you may make him useful.
赞美蠢人，可以使他成为有用的人。
When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow.
当人们说，“她拥有一切”时，我只有一个答案——我没有明天。
Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
诗人失去了他们本应得到的赞美的一半，如果知道他们小心翼翼地涂抹了什么的话。
We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.
我们平时不称赞别人，而是为了被别人表扬自己。