这两句话(词)怎么译？

生平不喜死读书，更不喜背书，何必拾人牙慧！（这后半句是玩笑）但有两句古话却是记得的。不知在英文里应该怎样说才好？

其一是对自己的：
“闻过则喜”(喜欢它，因为“批评使人进步”)

其二是对别人：
“说项”，或“平生不解藏人善，到处逢人说项斯。”

语出唐诗，杨敬之的“赠项斯”。全诗是：
几度见诗诗总好，
及观标格过于诗。
平生不解藏人善，
到处逢人说项斯。

大意即是不掩盖别人的的长处。项斯把自己的诗献给杨敬之读，杨很喜欢，后来了解到项的为人品格比诗还好，于是逢人便去夸奖。

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• 先翻“闻过则喜”及与“过”有关的提法 - 古月 20000112005036
• 再译小诗馈老友.... - 古月 20000112005422
  • 我喜欢 - 正 20000112010220
  • Brilliant translation! - tian xin 20000112010359
    • Okay, thou are correcting the use of "thou" as prepositional object. Accepted. Thx! - 古月 20000112011024
      • 闻过则喜吧？ - 路过 20000112013204
        • Yep, feeling happy to learn that I was wrong(ed:). - 古月 20000112013442
      • ...thou arT... - Passerby 20000112023410
      • Better yet:...YOU are...(to make you thrice happier:-) :-) :-)) - Passerby2 20000112025236
        • Better still - pedant 20000112040450
          • Better yet = better still; wanna bet? - Not-to-be-outpedanted 20000112161047
            • "Better yet"=not as idiomatic as "better still". Bet ya! - pedant 20000112164748
              • On the authority of your own idiolect, perhaps? - Ntbo 20000112171546
                • Yeah, on the basis of my own idiocy---and yours;) - pedant 20000112172548
                  • 知其一不知其二， - Passerby3 20000113144310
                    • Hey! I did it for fun. My apologies if I have offended you unintentioanlly :):):) - tian xin 20000113160213
                      • unintentionally--outpedanted by my own pedantry, unintentionally;) - pedant 20000113160659
                      • No hard feelings at all, but beware: - Passersby 20000115143605
                        • :-( :-( :-( - pedant 20000115155719
        • Thank you all for your help! I was just kidding when using "thou" on purpose. - 古月 20000112194320
      • Mostly for rhyming, if not just for pedantry - tian xin 20000112040322
        • But "thou" already rhymes with "go," doesn't it? "You" is surely better. But how come I didn't think of it? - 古月 20000112093054
          • 插一句请教：how come "thou" rhymes with "go", while "thou" actually rhymes with "how"? - hz 20000112095001
            • Okay, it should be my ignorance then. Now it's cleared. Thanks! - 古月 20000112101948
              • Okay, a fault confessed is fully redressed:-) Thanks! - hz 20000112104849

先翻“闻过则喜”及与“过”有关的提法

再译小诗馈老友....

我喜欢

Brilliant translation!

Okay, thou are correcting the use of "thou" as prepositional object. Accepted. Thx!

闻过则喜吧？

Yep, feeling happy to learn that I was wrong(ed:).

...thou arT...

Better yet:...YOU are...(to make you thrice happier:-) :-) :-))

Better still

Better yet = better still; wanna bet?

"Better yet"=not as idiomatic as "better still". Bet ya!

On the authority of your own idiolect, perhaps?

Yeah, on the basis of my own idiocy---and yours;)

知其一不知其二，

Hey! I did it for fun. My apologies if I have offended you unintentioanlly :):):)

unintentionally--outpedanted by my own pedantry, unintentionally;)

No hard feelings at all, but beware:

:-( :-( :-(

Thank you all for your help! I was just kidding when using "thou" on purpose.

Mostly for rhyming, if not just for pedantry

But "thou" already rhymes with "go," doesn't it? "You" is surely better. But how come I didn't think of it?

插一句请教：how come "thou" rhymes with "go", while "thou" actually rhymes with "how"?

Okay, it should be my ignorance then. Now it's cleared. Thanks!

Okay, a fault confessed is fully redressed:-) Thanks!