The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but."

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but."

最卑鄙、最可鄙的赞美，是先称赞一个人，然后用“但是”来修饰它。

-- Henry Ward Beecher 亨利·沃德·比彻