Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age.

Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age.

说现代人，不可轻看;说古人，不可拜偶像;评判他们的标准是他们的优点，而不是他们的年龄。

-- Earl of Chesterfield 查斯特菲尔德