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

  • -- Jack Woodford 杰克·伍德福德

很少有人能证明自己不会受到全神贯注的奉承。

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

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。

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all.

赞扬一切的人不要信任他,指责一切的人不要信任他,对一切漠不关心的人不要信任他。

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

我们平时不称赞别人,而是为了被别人表扬自己。

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

奉承是一种坏钱,我们的虚荣心给了我们钱。