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。

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Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.

求爱时的奉承是最无礼的,因为它假装给你的东西比你应得的多,其实是在伺机夺走你真正拥有的东西。

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

模仿是最真诚的奉承。