Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.

  • -- Charles Dickens 查尔斯·狄更斯

虽然一个有技巧的阿谀奉承者是一个非常令人愉快的伴侣,如果你拥有他的一切,当他开始恭维别人时,他的品味变得非常可疑。

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Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive.

恶与善为邻,恶与善混淆;正如对一个善良的人来说,报告自己的好品质是令人愉快的,因此,与之相反的关系也不应该是令人不快的。

Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost.

在我看来,没有什么比亚里士多德的这句话更令人怀疑的了:艺术和哲学很可能已经被发现过几次,又消失过几次。