There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.

没有一个女人不喜欢拐弯抹角的恭维而不喜欢直截了当的事实——如果后者是不奉承的话。

-- Minna Antrim 米娜·安特里姆