Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.

-- Fulton John Sheen 富尔顿·约翰·辛

花言巧语是奉承加在一起太厚而不可能是真的，而花言巧语是奉承加在一起太薄而我们喜欢它。

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A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which have afterwards, and, indeed, within a very short period, been found to be both possible and true.

他们所生活的那个时代的最高权威曾说过许多事情都是不真实的，荒谬的，甚至是不可能的。后来，甚至在很短的时间内，人们发现这些事情都是可能的，也是真实的。

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There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.

除了让男人知道他们说真话不会冒犯你，别无他法使自己免受奉承;但是当每个人都能告诉你真相时，你就失去了他们的尊重。

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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

奉承使接受者和给予者都堕落。

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Our true passions are selfish.

我们真正的激情是自私的。

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