I do not wish to flatter my townsmen, nor to be flattered by them, for that will not advance either of us.
我不愿奉承同乡,也不愿受他们奉承,因为那不能使我们任何一方有所进步。
— Henry David Thoreau · Walden (1854) · Reading —
I do not wish to flatter my townsmen, nor to be flattered by them, for that will not advance either of us.
我不愿奉承同乡,也不愿受他们奉承,因为那不能使我们任何一方有所进步。