But perhaps Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should "criticize by creation, not by finding fault."

但也许普鲁塔克的建议略有不同，更接近于马库斯·西塞罗的主张，即一个人应该“通过创作来批评，而不是吹毛求疵”。

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Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should "criticize by creation, not by finding fault."

普鲁塔克的建议略有不同，这一建议与马库斯·西塞罗的主张更为接近，即一个人应该“通过创作而非吹毛求疵来进行批判”。

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But this is the easy bit, as the bad stuff is someone else's fault.

但这是容易做的部分，因为不良作为是别人所为。

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"It is a little bit my fault, " said an apologetic Bolt, who said he had not felt 100%.

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We lost our way a bit in the second half but I can't fault the effort.

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Given that European governments still stump up around 30% of the cost of launching new Airbus aircraft, and that it is entirely their own fault that their defence industry has not consolidated, this argument looks a bit rich.

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