"‘He was the only man I’d ever met whose first comment to me was not about my appearance. **Many men flatter women, and women who allow themselves to be flattered are fools betrayed by their vanity. They are lambs before the wolves**." ([Location 439](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C5GYQ94Y&location=439)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[humility]], [[ego]], [[flattery]], [[arrogance]], [[influence]] **Source** -- [[20250424015611 - B - Mr Einstein's Secretary]]