| FLATTERY | 諂媚 |
| Flattery has turned more heads than garlic. 阿諛奉承使人飄飄然的果效遠勝過大蒜。 |
| You would not fear reproof
if you did not love flattery. Augustine 如果你不喜歡阿諛奉承那就不會怕別人的非難。 |
| Flattery is the devil's invisible net. Thomas Brooks 諂媚是魔鬼的隱形網羅。 |
| Whilst an ass is stroked
under the belly you may lay on his back what burden you please. Thomas Brooks 當一頭驢子飄飄然的享受人家撫摸牠的肚子時，你就可以把隨心所欲的將各樣重擔加在牠的背上。 |
| Flatterers look like friends as wolves look like
dogs. George Chapman 諂媚的人看起來像朋友，就像兇惡的狼看起來像馴良的狗一樣。 |
| Talk to a man about himself
and he will listen for hours. Benjamin Disraeli 對一個人談他自己，他可以聽個數小時也不厭倦。 |
| It is a dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets
with flattering lips. John Flavel 當驕傲的心遇上諂媚的嘴唇，那可是個險惡的危機。 |
| Flatterers are the worst of
tame beast. Thomas Fuller 諂媚者是最糟糕的溫順野獸。 |
| All other flattery would be harmless is we did not
flatter ourselves. William S. Plumer 如果我們不諂媚自己，所有的阿諛奉承都是無害的。 |
| Flatterers are the worst
kind of enemies. Tacitus 諂媚的人是最糟糕的一種敵人。 |
| Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not
swallowed. Josh Billings 諂媚就像古龍水，聞聞就好，可別吞下去。 |