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Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.

Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.

by George Chapman Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.

By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts read more

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her

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Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]

Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]

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I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read read more

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

by Eleanor Roosevelt Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is
very wickedness; their throat is an open read more

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is
very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter
with their tongue.

by Bible Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?

What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?

by William Shakespeare Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

by William Penn Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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