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.

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

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

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself

Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.

Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.

If you can't love, learn how to flatter.

If you can't love, learn how to flatter.

We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
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We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
[Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie; maid on ne hait que
a maniere de flatter.]

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

Fools grow without watering.

Fools grow without watering.