An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

  • -- Walter Savage Landor 兰德

天真无邪的人在无端的赞扬中感到最苦涩的责备。

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They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will not suffer him to have his own good, nor land, nor forfeiture, nor any other good but they ask it from him, or else they take bribes of others to get it for him.

他们说它伟大的责备国王再次把他给了什么,使他们不受他自己的好,也不是土地,也不是没收,也没有任何其他的好但是他们问它从他,否则他们收受贿赂别人为他得到它。

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

获得智慧有三种方法。第一种是反射,反射是最高的。第二个是限制,这是最简单的。第三是经验,这是最痛苦的。

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

没有什么比真诚、准确的赞美更有效,也没有什么比千篇一律的赞美更没有说服力。

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。

I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews.

我已经改变了面试的主意。我永远不会接受采访。

The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.

思想是一个奇妙的仆人,却是一个可怕的主人。