Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

奉承使接受者和给予者都堕落。

相关名言

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。

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

骄傲人最爱听人的谄媚。他们想要为首,却没有。