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

  • -- Theophrastus 西奥弗拉斯托斯

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。

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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

骄傲人最爱听人的谄媚。他们想要为首,却没有。

Few human beings are proof against the implied flattery of rapt attention.

很少有人能证明自己不会受到全神贯注的奉承。