The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

  • -- Charles Buxton 查尔斯·巴克斯顿

雕刻的规则适用于批评;能用勺子切东西,切莫用刀。

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I keep one simple rule that I only move in one direction - I write the book straight through from beginning to end. By following time's arrow, I keep myself sane.

我有一个简单的原则,我只朝一个方向前进——我从头到尾写这本书。跟随时间之箭,我让自己保持清醒。

When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values.

当你有很多资源时,最重要的是有好的父母,由给予你正确价值观的人抚养长大。

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

如果人们仅仅因为害怕惩罚而善良,而希望得到回报,那么我们真的很遗憾。

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

一般来说,人们会因为你认识他们而让你失望。

The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.

指责带给你刺痛,正是它的忠实之处。

I don't take criticism lying down.

我不接受批评。