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

One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

人们可以把奉承定义为一种基本的友谊,这对拍马屁者来说是最有利的。

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。