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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
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.
O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished read more
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people in order to betray them.
