For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self, as the liberty of a friend.
最会奉承一个人的,莫过于他自己;对付自我奉承,最好的良药莫过于朋友的坦诚直言。
— Francis Bacon · Essays (1625) · Of Friendship —
For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self, as the liberty of a friend.
最会奉承一个人的,莫过于他自己;对付自我奉承,最好的良药莫过于朋友的坦诚直言。