He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery.

  • -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 利希滕贝格

凡说自己恨各样的谄媚,并且是诚诚实实说的,他还不知道各样的谄媚。

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I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard!

我是认真的——我不会含糊其辞——我不会原谅——我不会后退一寸一寸——我要让人听见!

I will take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long-term.

我每天都会选择一个认真的人而不是一个赶时髦的人,因为赶时髦是短期的,认真是长期的。

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。

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。