Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?

  • -- Mason Cooley 梅森·库利

奉承和侮辱提出了同样的问题:你想要什么?

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I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration.

我什么也没反抗。我无视法律,因为我不知道它的存在。我没有想到会有人想要限制我的灵感。

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。

It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.

当我离开很长时间后,很难说我希望我的遗产是什么。