Those watching can tell it's flattery, but we tend to think it's genuine because it makes us feel good about ourselves.

那些眼神告诉我们这其实就是奉承，但是我们会倾向于去相信这是真的因为那会让我们对自己感觉良好。

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We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted. -ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882).

我们喜欢奉承，即使我们不会被它欺骗，他显示出我们足够重要所以才会被献殷勤。-爱默生，作家和哲学家(1803年至1882年)。

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Many times what we abhorred is not flattery itself, but the way we are being flattered.

有时候我们厌恶的不是阿谈馅媚本身，而是我们被人阿谀的方式。

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