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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Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

也许最令人愉快的友谊是那些有许多共识,许多争论,但更多的是个人爱好的友谊。

My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren't my children.

我的孩子是可爱的人,即使他们不是我的孩子,我也会爱他们。

If what we see is doubtful, how can we believe what is spoken behind the back.

如果我们看到的是可疑的,我们怎么能相信背后说的话。