The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but."

  • -- Henry Ward Beecher 亨利·沃德·比彻

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。

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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。

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。