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

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

奉承是一种坏钱,我们的虚荣心给了我们钱。

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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。

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity.

无论我拥有什么才能,都可能突然减少或增加。我可以轻松地变成一个普通的傻瓜。我现在可能就是其中之一。但这并不会破坏一个人的虚荣心。

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.

奉承的目的是通过向我们保证我们已经形成的关于自己的观点是正确的,从而安慰和鼓励我们。

The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.

年龄的奢侈就是放弃虚荣心。