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。

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。

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

纨绔子弟就是那些傻瓜认为自己是有价值的人。

There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.

从来没有一个漂亮的女人不对着镜子做鬼脸。