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

  • -- Baruch Spinoza 斯宾诺莎

骄傲人最爱听人的谄媚。他们想要为首,却没有。

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Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

当智慧骄傲到不能哭泣,严肃到不能欢笑,自私到不能追求自我时,它就不再是智慧。

I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.

我很自豪地说,我从来没有做过任何人的哈巴狗。

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

奉承使接受者和给予者都堕落。

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

模仿是最真诚的奉承。