最近几年出现了一个不那么友善的网络流行词——“舔狗”。意思是指对方对自己没有好感，还一再地放下尊严地用热脸去贴冷屁股的人。舔狗也许 ...

Must Be a Flatterer. Share full article. Nov. 7, 1897. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 7, 1897, Page 6 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Letter news every morning. There is no nobility in flattery or being a flatterer; it is the antithesis of charm ...