If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

如果我们不奉承自己,别人的奉承永远不会伤害我们。

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Ma, ma, look what I did, ma. Look what i did to my hands, I broke 'em. You gave me the stone, gave me the chisel. Didn't say how to hold 'em.

妈,妈,看我做了什么,妈。看看我的手,我把它们弄断了,你给了我石头,给了我凿子。没说怎么抓住他们。

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me.

“我不叫你漂亮,先生,虽然我非常爱你,我太爱你了,没法恭维你。不要奉承我。

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

懂得奉承的人也懂得诽谤。

I crammed my exams in London and did fine.

我在伦敦临时抱佛脚,考得很好。