as for the praise of those who flatter you to your face those are markets they have set up for profits and they have made it easy for you to buy from them and there is no cost in praising them because their words are not wellknown to people. those are the ones who are honest about the paths of virtues and they are the ones who discourage building high things.
فأما ثناء المادحين لك في وجهك، فإنما تلك أسواق أقاموها للأرباح، وساهلوك في المبايعة، ولم يكن في الثناء عليهم كلفة، لكساد أقاويلهم عند الناس. أولئك الصادقون عن طرق المكارم، والمثبطون عن ابتناء المعالى.