优文网

He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery.

  • -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 利希滕贝格

凡说自己恨各样的谄媚，并且是诚诚实实说的，他还不知道各样的谄媚。

标签

Earnest Flattery

相关名言

Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities.

推广工作不是劝勉。也不是为了剥削人民，不是为了宣传某所大学，不是为了保护学生。这是为了满足本地区和本地区人民的需要而作出的朴素、认真和不断的努力。

阅读 +

There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.

除了让男人知道他们说真话不会冒犯你，别无他法使自己免受奉承;但是当每个人都能告诉你真相时，你就失去了他们的尊重。

阅读 +

I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.

我要像真理一样严酷，像正义一样不妥协……我是认真的，我不会含糊其辞，我不会辩解，我不会后退一英寸，我将被倾听。

阅读 +

One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

人们可以把奉承定义为一种基本的友谊，这对拍马屁者来说是最有利的。

阅读 +

热门话题