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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

悼词。对一个人的赞扬，这个人要么拥有财富和权力的优势，要么认为自己已经死了。

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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。

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The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

自吹自擂的好处是可以把它说得很厚，而且恰到好处。

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Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it.

悼词是好的，但是人们却不能从中学到任何东西。

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Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

很多人知道如何奉承，很少有人知道如何赞美。

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No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.

世界上没有十全十美的优点。

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Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

在财富使你贪婪之前，先要仁慈。

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Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.

感恩是财富。抱怨是贫穷。

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