The factor in human life provocative of a noble discontent is the gradual emergence of a sense of criticism, founded upon appreciation of beauty, and of intellectual distinction, and of duty.

  • -- Alfred North Whitehead 阿尔弗雷德北怀特黑德

人类生活中激发高尚不满的因素是一种批判意识的逐渐出现,这种批判意识建立在对美的欣赏、对知识的区分和对责任的理解之上。

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The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying world, who will not leave us to walk undisturbed in the ways of our fathers.

每一代的现代人都是批评家,他们把我们从一个僵化的世界中拯救出来,他们不会让我们不受干扰地走我们祖先的道路。

Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

二加二等于四,尽管业余爱好者为三而哀鸣,批评家为五而呐喊。

In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.

最后,你必须写得好像你不害怕批评家。

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

除了默默无闻之外,他们对批评毫无抵抗力。